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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 1997 12:38:36 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@yang.cpac.washington.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2-GAMMA.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970305123750.26669B-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199703051757.JAA28686@yang.cpac.washington.edu>

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On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Ken McGlothlen wrote:

> I tried upgrading my 2.1.6 system to 2.2-GAMMA (primarily to do IP routing and
> autodialing under PPP for my home network).  It seemed really straightforward
> (I'm most impressed with the amount of thought that went into this), except
> that I haven't been able to compile a new kernel.  (I upgraded bin, compat21,
> des, info, doc, dict, manpages, floppies, and proflibs.)
> 
> Aside from a large number of warnings about type mismatches (comparing signed
> to unsigned values), it finally dies compiling param.c noting that TIMEZONE and
> DST aren't defined.

Try removing /usr/src/sys and reinstalling it.  Leftover garbage will
confuse things sometimes.

> I'm guessing I need part of the src distribution.  But which part(s)?  And
> where do I find out about new options that have been added to the kernal
> configuration file?

IT's the ssys distribution, and just look over GENERIC for anything
important.  All the opts are in LINT.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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