Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:35:45 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: ggombert@imatowns.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install World fails in -Current Message-ID: <XFMail.020222113545.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200202221338.g1MDceE75453@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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On 22-Feb-02 David Wolfskill wrote: >>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 08:33:01 -0500 >>From: Glenn Gombert <ggombert@imatowns.com> > >>I have tried to re-cvsup and a clean rebuild the alst couple of days, and I >>keep getting this error when I try and do an 'installworld' ..after a clean >>build...does anyone know what might be causing this?? > >>... >>........ >>mtree -deU -f /usr/src/etc/mtree/BSD.var -p /var >>mtree: line 67: unknown user smmsp > > > Sounds like a botched (or not run) "mergemaster" execution: Sort of. The problem is we have added a new user that installworld depends on. Imagine a 4.x to 5.0 upgrade right now. 4.x doesn't have this user IIRC, and you are supposed to run installworld before mergemaster. Sounds like a nice catch 22 to me. :-/ -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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