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Date:      Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:23:59 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com (Harlan Stenn)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "make reinstall"?
Message-ID:  <199706200353.NAA02112@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <16807.866776289@mumps.pfcs.com> from Harlan Stenn at "Jun 19, 97 11:11:29 pm"

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Harlan Stenn stands accused of saying:
> I have done a "make world" on a current 2.2-STABLE tree.
> 
> I went to another machine (2.1-stable), and did an (effective) NFS mount
> of the build machine's /usr/src and /usr/obj (I used symlinks to the
> right places on an amd-controlled /net/ dir).
> 
> I do a "make reinstall", and after cleaning up some obvious stuff (added
> mail to /etc/group, copied over libc.so.3.0 and /usr/bin/install), but
> the "make reinstall" falls over trying to install klm_prot.h in
> include/rpcsvc .
> 
> I haven't been able to figure this one out yet.
> 
> Suggestions?

Check and make sure that the directory and the file exist for starters;
they're usually the two reasons reinstalls fail.  Also check that the 
directory is a real directory, not a link to somewhere that doesn't
exist anymore.

I am assuming that you're just getting the "no error message" message from
install...

> H

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