Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:02:35 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year Message-ID: <20060228150235.GA19822@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20060228145251.GA80820@xor.obsecurity.org> <200602280848.15780.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060221103409.021a8808@broadpark.no> <7.0.1.0.2.20060228121217.022172c0@broadpark.no> <20060228114617.GB1471@flame.pc> <200602280848.15780.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <20060228145251.GA80820@xor.obsecurity.org> <7.0.1.0.2.20060221103409.021a8808@broadpark.no> <7.0.1.0.2.20060228121217.022172c0@broadpark.no> <20060228114617.GB1471@flame.pc> <200602280848.15780.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>
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On 2006-02-28 08:48, "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday 28 February 2006 05:46, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Until you are satisfied that everything works without any problems at > > all, please don't use scripts to run the builds. > > > > For instance, your script above lacks a call to ``mergemaster -p'' > > before the ``make buildworld'' step, which may be necessary. > > That's a call to 'script' to run, telling it where to put the resulting > text file. While it is running, commands are given and executed. Later, > if something goes wrong, or you saw something you want to check on, you > have a record of what happened that you can look at, and pass on to > others, if needed. > > Could you explain the logic of running mergemaster -p, when you have > nothing to run it on. /usr/obj was blown away at the beginning of the > buildworld sequence. What are you going to check at that point? Please > take a look at the handbook for the sequence that things should occur > in. I would say look at /usr/src/UPDATING, but their sequence doesn't > include installing the kernel anymore. On 2006-02-28 09:52, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > He means to run mergemaster -p before make installworld, as in the > instructions quoted at the top of this email and in /usr/src/UPDATING. > Also, the documented sequence *does* include installing the kernel, so > I don't know what you mean there either. Yes, thanks Kris. Sorry for the buildworld/installworld confusion. I meant right before 'make installworld'. There are cases where 'installworld' will try to chown files to a newly added system account (i.e. `_dhcp'), but will fail, leaving a half-installed system if you don't run ``mergemaster -p'' before ``installworld''. This is why I suggested *avoiding* a scripted, unattended build and install cycle, until the OP who started this thread is comfortable that his builds and installs are indeed going to succeed.home | help
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