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Date:      Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:49:24 +0300
From:      "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        "Jeff D. Hamann" <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: safe and sane way to 6?
Message-ID:  <cb5206420511160649j6bdecfe5r916d693962036e88@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <000c01c5ea48$d7366ba0$0a00a8c0@rodan>
References:  <000c01c5ea48$d7366ba0$0a00a8c0@rodan>

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On 11/16/05, Jeff D. Hamann <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> wrote:
> I've installed FreeBSD 6BETA4 a few months ago and have been waiting unti=
l
> the first release (non-beta) came out to get the machine moving. I went t=
o
> upgrade my system by performing a cvsup after setting the cvsupfile to th=
e
> following:
>
> *default host=3Dcvsup18.FreeBSD.org
> *default base=3D/usr
> *default prefix=3D/usr
> *default release=3Dcvs
> *default tag=3DRELENG_6_0
> *default delete use-rel-suffix
> *default compress
> src-all
> ports-all
> doc-all
> www
> cvsroot-all
>
> I then tried to run a make buildworld and got the following error message=
:
>
> mkmagic: could not find any magic files!
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src/lib/libmagic.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src/lib.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> bobby#
> bobby#
>
> Now what? Would it be smarter to simply install a clean version of FreeBS=
D
> 6.0? or can I upgrade without having to go through all that again?

This question probably belongs to questions@.

This might solve your problem:

1. Try another cvsup server
2. Change your tag to RELENG_6_0
3. Remove the contents of /usr/src and /usr/obj - and cvsup again

Good luck!



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