Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:43:45 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: af300wsm@gmail.com Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re: What's the simplest way to get a fresh copy of the source code for the system Message-ID: <20090223184345.GA42815@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <0015175cddd4563a6304639a2620@google.com> References: <20090223174304.GB40292@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <0015175cddd4563a6304639a2620@google.com>
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--/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 06:27:06PM +0000, af300wsm@gmail.com wrote: > On Feb 23, 2009 10:43am, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 01:15:16AM +0000, af300wsm@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > My churches web server is having problems compiling world for FreeBSD > > > > > 7.0-p10 (I believe I just did the csup last night). It gets to this = point > > > > > and then stops with this error: > > > > > > > > > > touch gtype-desc.h > > > > > touch: No such file or directory > > > > > > > > The file gtype-desc.h doesn't exist on my 7.1 system. > > > > I think that this means that the 'touch' binary is missing. See below. >=20 > I had over looked that possibility but I agree now that you mention it e= specially in light of > reading your further comments below. >=20 > > > > > > > > Touch should never complain about missing files, because one of its > > > > purposes is to create files that don't exist. So it is probably the > > > > 'touch' binary itself is missing. Try 'which touch'. It should report > > > > '/usr/bin/touch'. If it doesn't, touch is MIA. > > > > > > > > It might be saved in the lost+found directory of the partition that > > > > holds /usr/bin. > > > > > > > > The easiest way to get it back is to just build touch. Or copy it from > > > > the install/live-cd. >=20 > I'm a little unclear about how to build individual programs from within = the source tree. Can you > please explain how I'd do this? I think the correct way is to do the following: cd /usr/src/usr.bin/touch make obj && make depend && make && make install This should build the binary in a directory under /usr/obj. When it's done you can remove /usr/obj/* Not to put too fine a point on it, but it might be a good idea to start thinking about making backups...=20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmi7mEACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUhrQCgjF7jCrSnxK6tD4oGOxdkjhVc vaAAnjEt7vCfrENa5EutqVrQLstd1v0i =TBoG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb--
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