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Date:      Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:42:27 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, bf@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unable to build HEAD
Message-ID:  <4A7F26A3.6000809@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090809014748.284AB1CC31@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20090809014748.284AB1CC31@ptavv.es.net>

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I'll let bf take the lead on this one. :)


Doug

Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:45:11 -0700
>> From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
>>
>> Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>
>>> OK. I cleaned out /usr/obj and saved /usr/src/sys/i386/conf.
>> I'm going to assume that you mean just your conf file there.
>>
>>
>>> While I
>>> will have to re-do my kernel config, I prefer to save my old one,
>> That's fine, just compare it to GENERIC to make sure that all of your
>> entries are valid, and that you're not missing anything important.
>>
>>> But, as suggested by bf, I think that the WITHOUT_OPENSSH knob is
>>> broken which is a problem
>> Agreed. If you want to help debug this problem you could try building
>> with clean /usr/obj, up to date /usr/src, and ONLY the ssh knob in
>> src.conf. Then debug from there.
>>
>> This (IMWO) is something that should be fixed before release.
>>
>>> Guess I should have tried V8 a couple of months ago.
>> In the immortal words of Jiminy Cricket, let your conscience be your
>> guide. :)
> 
> Doug, 
> 
> Two patches have been submitted to fix this problem, one by bf
> (conf/137483) and one by me (conf/137486). I have confidence that the bf
> patch is correct and appropriate and that buildworld is broken with
> various src.conf options. I am convinced my patch is correct,
> but I suspect that some might argue that it is not appropriate. It
> allows pam_ssh to be built even though WITHOUT_OPENSSH is specified.
> 
> I will be happy to defend my patch, if challenged, but the short time
> until 8.0 makes it questionable as to whether a consensus can be reached
> in time. Whether you like my patch, I'd love to see the patch by bf
> (conf/137483) committed before 8.0 and I believe that you agree. If so,
> could you request the RE to approve it to be committed.




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