Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 19:43:43 -0600 From: Darren Crotchett <darren@crotchett.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating Message-ID: <20011202014350.9544D37B416@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20011201152027.D8217@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20011201211900.967F637B421@hub.freebsd.org> <20011201152027.D8217@xor.obsecurity.org>
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> Okay, you seem to be very confused about things, .... Is it that obvious :)? Here's a play by play (as close as I can recall everything). It started a month or so ago when I decided that I should keep my system as up to date as possible for security reasons. I was running 4.3-RELEASE. To update it, I went to /stand/sysinstall and chose update from the menu. I did the update via passive ftp. I recall it warning me that my src's would not be updated. At the time I couldn't remember the message. Then, I continued with the update. When I rebooted, I discovered that I the system would not boot. So, I figured out that I could boot my old kernel by typing "boot kernel.prev" after booting stopped. Keep in mind that I'm teaching myself networking and this box is not running anything critical, just my web page. But, I want to use it to learn set up other services. Anyway, since I couldn't remember the message that I had gotten earlier and coupled with the fact that I don't have a monitor on this box (I just ssh in), and coupled with the fact that I would have to plug in a monitor to see exactly what errors I was getting on boot, I decided I'd let it ride awhile until I had more time to fix it. After other areas of my life simmered down a little, I decided to try to run down my problems (I prefer to do that because I'll learn something) or just do a backup and start over. So, I downloaded the 4.4-RELEASE iso's. And, I posted a question to this list a couple of days ago looking for advice on how to resolve these issues. I got a reply, but never really got anything that I could work with. So today, I decided that I'd just boot to the CD and run the update program from there. That's when I got the same warning message about that I got the first time. It basically warns me that my /usr/src will not be updated and that I should use CVSup or some other method that handles "deletion events". I continued with the install and when I rebooted, the 4.4 kernel booted. Now, all is well when I reboot. I really don't know what was wrong with it, other than the kernel wasn't there. OK. That brings me to the current problem. I decided to try to update the part that I was warned about. I've never used CVS before. So, I started out reading most of the man page. That gave me some direction, but I wasn't getting anywhere. So, I went to the FreeBSD website and found a link to a tutorial. I attempted to follow it. I set my CVSROOT environment variable to /usr/src. Then, I tried to follow the next step in the tutorial which was to type cvsinit. But, I get "command not found". If I type "cvs update", I get: fbsd# cvs update cvs [update aborted]: /usr/src/CVSROOT: No such file or directory Since I couldn't find the cvsinit file anywhere, I assumed that I'd need to get it. So, I went to the /usr/ports/devel/cvsutils directory and tried to run make (I was hoping that would give me the cvsinit file). That didn't work. Make craps out. Now I remember trying to install something the other day and getting pretty much the same errors. I'm starting to see the connection to the warning message and having outdated sources. That's all that I can think of. I might have left out something obvious, but I don't know what it would be. But, if you need anything else, let me know. TIA, Darren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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