From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 20 01:56:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA10090 for current-outgoing; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:56:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA10085 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:56:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id SAA14627; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 18:25:54 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19971020182554.43127@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 18:25:54 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Christoph Kukulies Cc: freebsd-current@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bad system call - world build References: <199710200724.JAA00300@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199710200724.JAA00300@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>; from Christoph Kukulies on Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 09:24:08AM +0200 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 09:24:08AM +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > I tried to build a world again and got stuck while near being trough: > > uudecode < /a/src/share/tabset/xerox1730-lm.uu > uudecode < /a/src/share/tabset/zenith29.uu > ===> share/termcap > ex - /a/src/share/termcap/termcap.src < /a/src/share/termcap/reorder > /dev/null > Bad system call - core dumped > *** Error code 140 > > Stop. > *** Error code 1 > > > (This is on a 2.2.2-RELEASE system) > > Is it some kind of hen-egg problem? Would building a kernel first > lead to other problems? Or am I just out of sync with cvsup? This is almost a FAQ. Build a new kernel first, boot with it, then you should be able to continue. Greg