Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 12:23:05 +0000 (GMT) From: Wayne M Barnes <stabilizer@klentaq1.emergingtech.org> To: mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Build of 3.1-STABLE failing? (fwd) Message-ID: <199903201223.MAA11206@klentaq1.emergingtech.org>
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Dear Michael, For some unaccountable reason, the /usr/src/Makefile does not contain, in the list of "user-driven targets", the one you need. Despite several messages to this list, whoever keeps up that makefile refuses to put in the line # upgrade - upgrade your 2.2.8 system to the new ELF way and boot blocks You should do a 'make upgrade'. Watch out for your commands w, passwd, and send-pr dying or becoming inoperative, because of incomplete adaptation to 16-letter usernames. If you really want to upgrade, start over with a blank drive, and save yourself a lot of time. Wayne M Barnes stabilizer@klentaq1.emergingtech.org ----- Forwarded message from Dag-Erling Smorgrav ----- To: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be> writes: > On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Mike Meyer wrote: > > Um - are you sure? I'm running 3.1-STABLE already - just a bit behind > > the times. Normally, to update, I do a "make update", then a "make" > > and "make install". > I allways do it like this... However I'm still using 2.8 I should recieve > 3.1 soon... However it does not make sence to me that they have changed > the way the update process works..if they did I will have to update a lot > off scripts before I put 3.1 into production... The correct way to update a FreeBSD system from source is, and has always¹ been 'make world' or 'make buildworld && make installworld' (the two forms are equivalent), followed by a manual (or automated, e.g. with the mergemaster port) update of the /etc directory. 'make' followed by 'make install' will *not* work. ¹ for as long as I've used FreeBSD, that is DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no ----- End of forwarded message from Dag-Erling Smorgrav ----- Wayne M Barnes stabilizer@klentaq1.emergingtech.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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