"Crist J . Clark" wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 01:31:44AM -0300, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:25:26 -0700, Gregory Sutter wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have the same problem. I also desperately need to build some
> > > >-STABLE systems for my new job. Anyone know what's causing the
> > > >breakage?
> > >
> > > Why don't you cvsup to a prior date?
> >
> > doesn't it defeat the point of calling it -STABLE if it can't compile? :)
>
> Not compiling is not a problem. If it is _really_ broken (and not
> pilot error), just wait for it to get fixed and try again. You still
> have your old system purring along just fine.
>
> What SUCKS is when you manage to get through a make-world without an
> error, but the running system is broken. /That/ is something to whine
> about. (And you just want to slug that first one that says, "Just use
> the backups you made before the make-world." I do backup first, but
> restoring is still a non-trivial pain in the *ss. And if you didn't
> backup, especially a production system, you asked for it, bub.)
This is all part of the reason why I do a buildworld,
build[install]kernel, and finally do my installworld. When something
like this happens, my kernel.old and my user land are still in sync.
Kent
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