From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 22:32:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8F5C1065670 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:32:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfarmer@predatorlabs.net) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 651C78FC16 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:32:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyg4 with SMTP id 4so973993gyg.13 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:32:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.89.168 with SMTP id e40mr956074vcm.241.1285281128858; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:32:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.188.3 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:32:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [71.1.133.114] In-Reply-To: <20100923110216.GA1861@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100923110216.GA1861@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:32:08 -0700 Message-ID: From: Rob Farmer To: Anton Shterenlikht Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebuilding world - is "chflags -R noschg *" necessary? 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: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:32:10 -0000 On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 04:02, Anton Shterenlikht 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" >