From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Dec 19 11:20:32 2001 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 0437237B41F for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:20:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBJJK0w58422; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:20:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from arnold.neland.dk (0x3ef34d8c.albnxx2.adsl.tele.dk [62.243.77.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02F0437B417 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:11:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by arnold.neland.dk (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBJJCmC94979; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:12:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from root) Message-Id: <200112191912.fBJJCmC94979@arnold.neland.dk> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:12:48 +0100 (CET) From: "leifn@neland.dk" Reply-To: "leifn@neland.dk" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: kern/33014: installkernel without buildkernel gives confusing error 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 >Number: 33014 >Category: kern >Synopsis: installkernel without buildkernel gives confusing error >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 19 11:20:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Leif Neland >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: organized? Me? >Environment: System: FreeBSD arnold.neland.dk 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #2: Mon Dec 17 22:42:24 CET 2001 root@arnold.neland.dk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARNOLD i386 >Description: If I make installkernel without having done a buildkernel, I get this error: install date '+%Y%m%d' > /var/db/port.mkversion make: don't know how to make bsd.README. Stop *** Error code 2 This doesn't hint that I've forgotten to buildkernel first. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Don't do that :-) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message