Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:26:08 -7 From: "Jim McIver" <jmciver@lmtribune.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade problem Message-ID: <403CB084.23059.11E78F1@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040225221954.GD29738@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <403CAB67.15012.10A8110@localhost>
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Matthew, > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:04:20PM +0000, Jim McIver wrote: > > Trying to upgrade from Freebsd 4.6 to 4.9...haven't got it working > > yet, but I am getting strange message from the machine. > > > > newsyslog: illegal flag in config file -- N > > > > Any idea where this is coming from? > > You seem to be running an older version of newsyslog(8) with the > /etc/newsyslog.conf file from a more recent version. The 'N' flag > (meaning don't try and send a signal to any process) was added to > RELENG_4 newsyslog on 4th May 2003. > > This suggests that your attempt to upgrade has failed to update all of > the standard system programs -- you'll probably find it easiest to do > a 4.6 to 4.9 upgrade by cvsup(1)ing the latest RELENG_4_9 sources, and > then doing a full buildworld, buildkernel, installkernel, installworld > cycle as detailed in /usr/src/UPDATING and the handbook at: That's what I'm trying to do, but I'm stuck on the error code 127 ...touch when I run 'make installworld' and can't find the solution. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting- > edge.html > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH > UK > -Jim McIver
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