From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 15 17:41:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8201106564A for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:41:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) Received: from mail.sagedata.net (mail.sagedata.net [38.106.15.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C45308FC08 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:41:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.67] (99-111-143-21.lightspeed.crchtx.sbcglobal.net [99.111.143.21]) by mail.sagedata.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q8FHexFW080090 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:40:59 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.sagedata.net: Host 99-111-143-21.lightspeed.crchtx.sbcglobal.net [99.111.143.21] claimed to be [192.168.1.67] Message-ID: <5054BDC0.4030609@sage-american.com> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:41:20 -0500 From: Jack Stone User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: milter-spamc/1.15.388 (mail.sagedata.net [38.106.15.121]); Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:40:59 -0500 X-Spam-Status: NO, hits=-10.00 required=4.50 X-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (-10.0 points, 4.5 required) | | pts rule name description | ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- | -0.0 SHORTCIRCUIT Not all rules were run, due to a shortcircuited rule | -10 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP | Subject: Problem upgrading fbsd-7.4 --> 8.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:41:07 -0000 Am trying to upgrade fbsd-7.4 to 8.3. I get all the way through the usual procedure using sources, including installworld, when I attempt to run mergemaster as the final step, I get this fatal error. I've searched the list and google, but don't find the right answer. What am I possibly doing wrong and what should I do to get around this? The error: mail# mergemaster -viF *** Creating the temporary root environment in /var/tmp/temproot *** /var/tmp/temproot ready for use *** Creating and populating directory structure in /var/tmp/temproot *** Press the [Enter] or [Return] key to continue *** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src and install files to the temproot environment -- -- All the best, Jack