From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Jan 8 7:40:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 853B937B416 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 07:40:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g08Fe7414611; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 07:40:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 07:40:07 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201081540.g08Fe7414611@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "f.johan.beisser" Subject: Re: misc/33595: libc breaking in -STABLE Reply-To: "f.johan.beisser" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/33595; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "f.johan.beisser" To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33595: libc breaking in -STABLE Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 07:36:32 -0800 (PST) On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 05:40:28 PST, "f.johan.beisser" wrote: > > > i know this, but recently having patched gcc with the "stack-protector" > > made me wish to test a build on *part* of the base system, without > > rebuilding all of the userland or kernel. libc was one of the recommended > > pieces to rebuild. > > You _can_ rebuild just libc, but you must use sources synchronized with > the installed base. In other words, use the same sources used to build > world. so, tracking RELENG_4_4 would work, but RELENG_4 would not? > > granted, doing a buildworld to rebuild the entire base system is a bit > > better of a habit (it's what i ususally do), rebuilding everything to test > > a "modified" compiler is a bit excessive. > > The "mistake" you made was to update your sources to do this, instead of > just using the sources used for the last upgrade (or the sources > installed with the binary upgrade / installation). upgraded source tree that i tend to keep up to date, even if i don't build from it. that was my mistake. tracking the wrong branch. anyhow, now i know, despite several years of working on this stuff. i like things that keep the OS interesting. -- johan -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+ http://caustic.org/~jan jan@caustic.org "John Ashcroft is really just the reanimated corpse of J. Edgar Hoover." -- Tim Triche To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message