Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:47:29 -0500 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: Chris Shenton <Chris.Shenton@hq.nasa.gov> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovery? recent "make world" rendered system unusable (64 bit change) Message-ID: <20031118174729.GA29137@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <86islhoc35.fsf@Palimpsest.saic.hq.nasa.gov> References: <86islhoc35.fsf@Palimpsest.saic.hq.nasa.gov>
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:50:22AM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote: > I've been running 5.1-CURRENT for a while and a couple nights ago did > a "make world". After a couple hours building, my system was > unusable. Critical binaries like "rm", "ls", "mtree", "sh" failed, > reporting "Exec format error". I can't login, not even single user. > I can no longer even boot single user. Re-install/upgrade from a cd. Upgrade should leave your files alone. I've argued before that "world" should be removed as a target, as I don't believe it's ever correct to do it. Why leave this gun pointed at people's feet? -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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