Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 14:10:20 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: 5.3->5.4 upgrade method Message-ID: <20050526211019.GA34601@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200505261359.15878.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <20050526194137.GB50503@keyslapper.net> <20050526203752.GA28228@xor.obsecurity.org> <200505261359.15878.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
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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 t=
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> 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
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> 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>
> =20
> On Thursday 26 May 2005 09:34, ?the author Greg Lewis contributed to the=
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> 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=3D -lc_r
> >> > .else
> >> > LINKIT=3D -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_LIB=
S}
> >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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