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Date:      Thu, 18 Nov 1999 17:11:21 -0500 (EST)
From:      <mremski@ix.netcom.com>
To:        Jag <watchman@ludd.luth.se>
Cc:        Alexander Langer <alex@cichlids.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to upgrade from 3.3 to 4 - Clarification please!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911181708440.53793-100000@photog.home.net>
In-Reply-To: <38345B82.206B7286@ludd.luth.se>

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Yes, there was a change in the signal handling that requires the kernel
for 4.0 to be built and booted prior to building userland for 4.0.  (This
is not from experience, this is from watching the current mailing list for
the past year).  I believe the -current mailing list had lots of traffic
on this starting sometime in October.

m

"To keep in silence our designs, my friends would think I was a nut"
	Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill

On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Jag wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I'm in almost the same situation as mr Chekan. I have a 3.3-STABLE (SMP)
> system and I want to move to CURRENT. I have modified my cvs-scripts and
> updated the sources a few times the last couple of weeks. The problem is
> when I try to do buildworld. It crashes with things like:
> 
> cc -static -O -pipe -I. -DFREEBSD_NATIVE -DIN_GCC -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> -DDEFAULT_TARGET_VERSION=\"2.95.2\"
> -DDEFAULT_TARGET_MACHINE=\"i386-unknown-freebsd\"
> -I/usr/obj/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/../cc_tools
> -I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/../cc_tools
> -I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/../../../../contrib/gcc
> -I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/../../../../contrib/gcc/config
> -I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/../../../../contrib/gcc/objc  
> -I/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/include  -static -o gencheck gencheck.o
> ./gencheck > tree-check.h
> *** Error code 1
> 1 error
> *** Error code 2
> 1 error
> *** Error code 2
> 1 error
> *** Error code 2
> 1 error
> *** Error code 2
> 1 error
> *** Error code 2
> 1 error
> 
> Alexander Langer wrote:
> > Yes. Probably you've not built/booted a -current kernel before you build world.
> 
> Do you mean that I should build a new kernel *before* I do buildworld?
> Is that possible?
> 
> Some clarification would be great. I've looked at the FreeBSD Diary
> about staying current and the checking the handbook, but can't get this
> to work... help?
> 
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