Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:24:41 -0500 From: Rob Clark <rpclark@tds.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GENERIC make buildkernel error / fails - posix_fadvise Message-ID: <20120115022441.4c378507.rpclark@tds.net> In-Reply-To: <201201120815.50838.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20120111161110.4258969c.rpclark@tds.net> <201201120815.50838.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:15:50 -0500 John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:11:10 pm Rob Clark wrote: > > System: Dell 600sc > > Currently running: 8.2-RELEASE > > > > In attempting to update this system to 8-STABLE I did > > what I usually do to update a system (see below). > > make buildworld completes successfully, but make > > buildkernel does not. I usually create a custom > > kernel, but for this system I went with GENERIC as > > is. > > > > The error message is: > > /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568: error: invalid > > application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'struct > > posix_fadvise_args' /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568: > > error: 'posix_fadvise' undeclared here (not in a > > function) *** Error code 1 > > This sounds like you have an incomplete tree that only got part of a change > (specifically, /usr/src/sys/sys/sysproto.h seems stale). Have you tried a > different cvsup mirror? > > -- > John Baldwin Sorry for the late follow-up, just got the system up and running yesterday. It appears that choosing a different mirror did the trick. Thanks for all the positive insight from everyone who responded. I learned some valuable information, and new ways of doing things along the way. Have A Great Week! Rob -- Rob Clark <rpclark@tds.net>
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