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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
>>
>>
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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
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