Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 02:52:32 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVsup bug?? Message-ID: <3C304370.9090505@owt.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112310147310.84084-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise Anderson wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Lord Raiden wrote: > > >> Hey, I'm just now hearing about this apparent bug that was in >>CVsup. Something to do with Unix turning 1 billion. Tried to update my >>ports and it crashed CVsup, which upon patching it killed Elf that in turn >>blew the box I was working on all to dust. So, I'm in progress of >>rebuilding this one from the bottom up. >> >> So, anyone care to explain to me this bug? >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> > The bug created problems as of September 9, 2001, as I recall. > > At this time, all cvsup servers should simply refuse your cvsup > request and tell you to update cvsup. > > I've run cvsup (old versions) on machines and it never > blew a box to dust. It can do some interesting things. Your cvsup updated source will be older (~1 Jan 1970) than the code produced by the previous make and strange combinations can occur. This would only be important if you have made a large jump in code levels and never removed /usr/obj. Kent --- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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