Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 14:09:27 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3->5.4 upgrade method Message-ID: <200505261409.28241.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050526211019.GA34601@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20050526194137.GB50503@keyslapper.net> <200505261359.15878.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20050526211019.GA34601@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thursday 26 May 2005 14:10, the author Kris Kennaway contributed to the dialogue on Re: 5.3->5.4 upgrade method: >On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 01:59:15PM -0700, Vizion wrote: >> On Thursday 26 May 2005 13:37, the author Kris Kennaway contributed to >> the >> >> dialogue on Re: 5.3->5.4 upgrade method: >> >On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 03:41:38PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote: >> >> Ok, I've settled on upgrading to 5.4 (from 5.4 RELEASE) but I can't >> >> find an explicit statement that performing such an upgrade with >> >> cvsup/buildworld/buildkernel, etc. would be ok. No kernel config >> >> gotchas mentioned either. Of course it seems implied that this would >> >> be a perfectly fine way to do the upgrade. >> >> >> >> Has anyone else used this upgrade method going from 5.3 to 5.4? >> >> Any caveats on the kernel config? >> > >> >Yes, it's fine as long as you precisely follow the upgrade method (see >> >handbook and UPDATING). >> > >> >Kris >> >> However I thought you might find the info in this thread worth watching: > >How is this at all relevant to the discussion at hand? > >Kris > >> Re: OS check fails on JDK 1.4 & FreeBSD 5.4R >> From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> >> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org >> CC: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net> >> >> On Thursday 26 May 2005 09:34, ?the author Greg Lewis contributed to the >> >> dialogue on Re: OS check fails on JDK 1.4 & FreeBSD 5.4R: >> >On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 12:04:36PM -0400, Scott I. Remick wrote: >> >> On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:54:59 -0600, Greg Lewis wrote: >> >> > That would be your problem then. ?The test expects to use -lc_r on >> >> > 5.x and higher: >> >> > >> >> > .if ${OSVERSION} > 500000 >> >> > LINKIT= -lc_r >> >> > .else >> >> > LINKIT= -pthread >> >> > .endif >> >> >> >> Isn't that backwards? The default threading library changed from libc_r >> >> to libpthread in 5.3 >> > >> >I don't know that its backwards, but it could probably use some help. >> >-lc_r became the official way early on in 5.x, but was reverted to >> >-pthread after 5.2.1. ?So it was correct for a time, but is now out of >> >date. ?I suspect that the variable should just go away and >> > ${PTHREAD_LIBS} should take its place. >> > >> >> > However, you should have libc_r on 5.4: >> >> >> >> ... >> >> >> >> > So your machine would seem to be somewhat hosed unless you've >> >> > deliberately removed libc_r. >> > >> >[explanation of removing libc_r snipped] >> > >> >> So I guess I have 2 questions now: >> >> >> >> 1) If libpthread is the new default, replacing libc_r, and you have to >> >> have all things linked to just one or the other, basically libc_r has >> >> been depreciated. How come the OS version check for JDK 1.4 wants >> >> libc_r if the OS > 5.0? >> > >> >Because its old (see above). >> > >> >> 2) What am I to do now, since the purging of all things libc_r when I >> >> upgraded to 5.3 is what ultimately fixed my system and has kept things >> >> running smoothly ever since? >> > >> >You can do one of the following: >> > >> >1. Try the attached patch. ?This would be my preference since if it works >> > ? I'll try and get it committed. >> >2. Turn on SKIP_OS_CHECK and eliminate the test altogether. >> >> I have attached the Makefile.diff to this email >> >> >> freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> It seems there was a problem re lc-r with 5.4 that Greg Lewis's diff (which he is hoping to get committed) should fix. David -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May bound for Europe via Panama Canal.
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