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From: Vinesh Christopher <vineshc@ami.com>
To: 'Tom Parquette' <tparquet@twcny.rr.com>,
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Subject: RE: mkdir: build: File exists
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:21:29 -0400
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This happens if your system time/date is set incorrectly. 
Most probable reason is your system date is older than the 
-STABLE date, which confuses the 'make'

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tom Parquette [SMTP:tparquet@twcny.rr.com]
> Sent:	Sunday, August 13, 2000 11:51 PM
> To:	freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
> Subject:	mkdir: build: File exists
> 
> I'm brand new to using -STABLE.  I'm trying to go from 4.1-RELEASE to
> 4.1-STABLE.
> 
> I set up a PC with a clean install of 4.1-RELEASE from an ISO image CD
> that I burned at work. (I set this maching up as a test bed before I
> trashed any of my live machines.)  I then installed cvsup and cvsupd
> from ports.
> 
> The cvs run against cvsup3.freebsd.org appears to work correctly.
> When I try make buildworld I get:
> mkdir: build: File exists
> *** Error code 1
> 
> This appears to be for /contrib/perl5/toke.c
> 
> I found part of a thread in freebsd-current that appears to match my
> symptoms exactly.  The thread was around 2/23/00.  The last entry talked
> about 'stale dependencies' and suggested deleting /usr/obj/* and
> /usr/src/*.  Then cvsuping new sources and trying again.  I could find
> nothing further of the thread so I do not know how the other person made
> out.
> 
> Per the Email thread, I erased /usr/src and /usr/obj, reran cvsup, and
> tried make buildworld again.
> I encountered the same error.
> 
> Can anybody help a -STABLE wannabe fix this?
> Cheers...
> 
> 
> 
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