Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:49:22 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem Building World Message-ID: <20041115183753.B14210@frambozen.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <4198D9C6.90405@daleco.biz> References: <200411150509.iAF59d7r026454@smtp3.server.rpi.edu> <4198D9C6.90405@daleco.biz>
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Cyber Dog wrote: > >> Hello, >> I'm working with a server currently running FreeBSD 4.6. Clearly it >> hasn't been updated too recently, and I've made it my goal to bring it into >> the present. This would be my first time rebuilding a FreeBSD OS. I >> started out by clearing out /usr/src, and doing a fresh cvsup with the >> following supfile: >> >> > <snip> [more snip] >> Stop in /usr/src. >> [root@hostname src]# >> >> As you can see, something's amiss here. I don't understand why there would >> be any inconsistencies...as I said; I did a fresh CVSup (multiple times in >> fact). Any help would be greatly appreciated! >> >> - >> Matt >> > > Hi, Matt: > > I'm certainly not an expert here, but it seems like > it's an awful long way from 4.6 to 4.10. > Have you tried an intermediate update, say, 4.6 to 4.7 > [or 4.8]? > > So many changes occur over time; and by the time 4.10 > came out, 4.6 was very old*; so it's entirely possible that > you might need to do a cvsup/buildworld routine to > something a little closer to your box's date prior to > attempting (and having any success) with 4.10. You > might try changing the 'cvs tag' in your supfile to > RELENG_4_7 or RELENG_4_8 and going again.... > > Kevin Kinsey > > *and probably past it's "EOL". Whether or not, I'm sure > it'd be nice if it _would_ build, but it's possible that the > engineering team was under no compunction to test > a migration from 4.6 directly to 4.10 at the time 4.10 was > being tested for release, and therefore it wasn't (tested) ... > like I said, I'm no expert, but a 'stepping stone' approach > to the problem might work.... I did this exact upgrade (4.6 to 4.10) a while back, and I can endorse the 'stepping stone' procedure. I did a cvsup and rebuild from 4.6 to 4.7, 4.7 to 4.8, etc. until 4.10. It's tedious and time-consuming, but the whole thing went surprisingly smoothly. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
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