On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 10:52:01AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [no he didn't; please use a mail client that quotes properly - it is confusing to read your emails otherwise, since Lars wrote some of the below text and not you]
> The error message is wrong. Actually it's correct, just a bit unclear. UPDATING includes the complete procedure you should always follow when building world. It includes a 'mergemaster -p' step, precisely for the purpose of adding new users and groups when they appear. > There is a new group in '/etc/group' called 'audit:*:77:'. > > I recommend you don't automate mergemaster operations, > and rerun the whole procedure manually. Yes, this script is just asking for trouble. Still, I bet you'll stop using it after the first time it destroys your FreeBSD installation :-) > This is the script in question : > #!/bin/sh > echo Subject: `hostname` weekly cvsup run output > /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /root/supfile > cd /usr/src > echo =========================================== > echo Make buildworld now... > echo =========================================== > make -j4 buildworld > echo =========================================== > echo Make buildkernel now... > echo =========================================== > make buildkernel KERNCONF=BENI-60 > echo =========================================== > echo Make installkernel now... > echo =========================================== > make installkernel KERNCONF=BENI-60 > echo =========================================== > echo Make installworld now... > echo =========================================== > make installworld > echo =========================================== > echo `date` : Build Completed > echo =========================================== > if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then > echo =========================================== > echo `date` : BENI-60 kernel build completed > echo =========================================== > else > echo '**************************************' > echo `date`: BENI-60 kernel build failed > echo '**************************************' > fi > echo =========================================== > echo updating portstree now... > echo =========================================== > /usr/sbin/portsnap fetch update > echo =========================================== > echo These ports need updating... > echo =========================================== > pkg_version -l '<' > > > I didn't re-cvsup after doing the 'rm -rf /usr/obj/*', but did a manually > 'make > -j4 make buildworld' which ended without problems or errors. > I don't mergemaster. You need to. If you insist on not doing so, any problems that result are your own concern. > If I manually add the group 'audit' the problem should be fixed ? Is this a > new > group or is it needed for some program ? It's needed by parts of FreeBSD, which is why it's there. Kris
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