From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 19 20:54:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA08634 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 20:54:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA08627 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 20:54:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA02112; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:23:59 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706200353.NAA02112@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: "make reinstall"? In-Reply-To: <16807.866776289@mumps.pfcs.com> from Harlan Stenn at "Jun 19, 97 11:11:29 pm" To: Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com (Harlan Stenn) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:23:59 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Harlan Stenn stands accused of saying: > I have done a "make world" on a current 2.2-STABLE tree. > > I went to another machine (2.1-stable), and did an (effective) NFS mount > of the build machine's /usr/src and /usr/obj (I used symlinks to the > right places on an amd-controlled /net/ dir). > > I do a "make reinstall", and after cleaning up some obvious stuff (added > mail to /etc/group, copied over libc.so.3.0 and /usr/bin/install), but > the "make reinstall" falls over trying to install klm_prot.h in > include/rpcsvc . > > I haven't been able to figure this one out yet. > > Suggestions? Check and make sure that the directory and the file exist for starters; they're usually the two reasons reinstalls fail. Also check that the directory is a real directory, not a link to somewhere that doesn't exist anymore. I am assuming that you're just getting the "no error message" message from install... > H -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[