Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:32:08 -0700 From: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebuilding world - is "chflags -R noschg *" necessary? Message-ID: <AANLkTi=iqNYrQEDhZCqmQpVob40i1LAmwWP6RfFGvC6i@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100923110216.GA1861@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100923110216.GA1861@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 04:02, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > The fbsd manual states in section 24.7 Rebuilding "world": > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > > in subsection 24.7.6 Remove /usr/obj > > *quote* > Some files below /usr/obj may have the immutable flag set (see chflags(1) for more information) which must be removed first. > > # cd /usr/obj > # chflags -R noschg * > *end quote* > > I've never seen a file under /usr/obj/ with immutable flag set. > > Why would there be object files with immutable flag set? > Is this step really necessary? It will happen on amd64 if you build the lib32 bits (i386 compatibility libraries). -- Rob Farmer > > many thanks > anton > > -- > Anton Shterenlikht > Room 2.6, Queen's Building > Mech Eng Dept > Bristol University > University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK > Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 > Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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