Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:20:20 -0700 (PDT) From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/52122: make release does not use proper binar Message-ID: <200305160120.h4G1KKex048222@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/52122; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za>, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/52122: make release does not use proper binar Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:12:27 -0700 On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 12:01:06AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > In this case the release died near the end (release.9 target). It was > > > > easy to update the running kernel and reboot. Now we wanted to restart > > > > the release w/o starting from scratch. This release build included ports > > > > README's and Docs, and thus takes a very long time to build. To not have > > > > to start from scratch, I did "chroot ${CHROOT} /bin/sh" and then ran "rm > > > > /tmp/.world_done ; /mk" which should have restarted the release build and > > > > done the mimimum work to finish the release. It didn't because of the > > > > cross-release commit that removed the installworld w/in the ${CHROOT}. > > > > This bit not only me, but another person also building an Alpha snapshot. > > > > > > Maybe the issue is more of documentation? I know hindsight makes it easy, > > > but an installworld inside the chroot area or "world DESTDIR=/chrootarea" > > > should have been enough to get the binaries updated. > > > > It is, and was. The problem is restarting with /mk used to do this for > > you. It stopped and the only documentation was hidding in the commit > > log. > > > It used to, but only "if [ ! -f /tmp/.world_done ]", and you were > way beyond that point, was it release.9? Yes as stated clearly above, it was release.9 -- the very last release target. > In older days, it was necessary to ALWAYS upgrade to a recent > before attempting to "make release". So? JKH and msmith at WCCDROM liked it that way. Such issues as this came up in discussions when I worked there.
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