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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:45:36 -0400
From:      Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To:        James Snow <snow@teardrop.org>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 'make installworld' can't find /usr/bin/touch?
Message-ID:  <20040421214536.GA10046@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <20040421213917.GA693@teardrop.org>
References:  <20040421213917.GA693@teardrop.org>

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On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 05:39:18PM -0400, James Snow wrote:

> The error I see:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Installing everything..
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> cd /usr/src; make -f Makefile.inc1 install
> ===> share/info
> ===> include
> creating osreldate.h from newvers.sh
> touch: not found
> *** Error code 127
> 
> The system is an Ultra 10 running 5.2.1-R, and I'm trying to
> upgrade it to 5.2.1-R-p5. The first time this happened I did
> an 'rm -rf /usr/src /usr/obj' and cvsup'd again from
> scratch, but I see the same error.
> 
> 'which touch' reports the existance of /usr/bin/touch and it
> works just fine. 
> 
> I'm kind of stumped. I figure I'm doing something stupid
> since this is my first FreeBSD-sparc64 box. Is the process
> for upgrading under 5.x on the sparc still:
> 
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel
> make installkernel
> make installworld
> mergemaster
> 
> or am I missing a step?

Try checking the current date/time your computer thinks it has.
I've had these errors and it turned out the computer thought
the date was *really* outrageous.

-- 
						Ken Smith
- From there to here, from here to      |       kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu
  there, funny things are everywhere.   |
                      - Theodore Geisel |



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