Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:27:42 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Jose Marques <jose.marques@nottingham.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAKEDEV problem in recent stable Message-ID: <20010913122742.C93675@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010913112903.B406-100000@pccigv6.nottingham.ac.uk>; from jose.marques@nottingham.ac.uk on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 11:32:22AM %2B0100 References: <20010913112903.B406-100000@pccigv6.nottingham.ac.uk>
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I believe this issue was *just* addressed, probably in yesterday's archives. Do a search, or even just browse for MAKEDEV. On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 11:32:22AM +0100, Jose Marques wrote: | I don't have access to my freebsd-stable mailbox so I don't know if this | has already been posted. When running mergemaster after rebuilding | FreeBSD I received the following error: | | *** You installed a new /dev/MAKEDEV script, so make sure that you run | 'cd /dev && /bin/sh MAKEDEV all' to rebuild your devices | | Would you like to run it now? y or n [n] y | Running cd /dev && /bin/sh MAKEDEV all | | MAKEDEV: arith: syntax error: | | As a quick fix you can prevent this error by commenting out the following | line from MAKEDEV | | sh MAKEDEV zs0 # big-Alpha serial tty | | The "MAKEDEV all" command then works without the error. | | -- | Jose Marques | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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