Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:51:12 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: William O'Higgins <william.ohiggins@utoronto.ca> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: config(8) out of sync with source Message-ID: <20031204045112.GA73930@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20031204042716.GA68616@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> References: <20031202043933.GB16782@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <1070340909.404.12.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca> <20031204035800.GA68444@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <20031204041819.GB73527@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031204042716.GA68616@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org>
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--ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 11:27:16PM -0500, William O'Higgins wrote: > >> >> Your version of config(8) is out of sync with your kernel source. > >> > > >> >Did you follow the procedure out of the handbook? > >> > > >> ># cvsup > >> ># make buildworld > >> ># cd /usr/src > >> ># make buildkernel KERNCONF=3DMYKERNEL > >> ># make installkernel KERNCONF=3DMYKERNEL > >> ># make installworld > >>=20 > >> I hadn't used that method, because I was unsure of the results, and the > >> procedure in the Handbook is more extensive than I had time for. > >>=20 > >> My reticence was well founded, since when I followed the above procedu= re > >> it rendered the computer non-bootable. > > > >If you followed the above steps and everything completed successfully > >then that should not occur, but without more details it's impossible > >to tell what went wrong on your system. >=20 > The above steps did not complete successfully. Rather a lot seemed to > go wrong. Since there has been a format and reinstall since then, there > is little value in diagnostics. Thanks though. Sorry to hear that. If it happens again in the future, perhaps you should consider reporting the errors so that we can help you to figure out what is wrong. Kris --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/zr1AWry0BWjoQKURAs8XAJ9Z3Tj/5xlVeVqeIVIknMYOR4A05QCbBWCE YbrPpEg7KSWlROSc3qPUozk= =+8AA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q--
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