Jacob Meuser <jakemsr <at> sdf.lonestar.org> writes: > oh good grief. you had a dirty /usr/obj. > > just look at the pfctl snippet of the log you posted. do you see pfctl > being built? do you see pfctl being installed from /usr/obj?
Oh, yes. So the blame is on my side, I guess. Mea culpa maxima! I didn't know that the object directories need to be cleaned manually. Until yesterday, I would have taken a bet that the object directories lie within the source trees (/usr/xenocaram /usr/src), and be cleaned when cleaning the sources. Now I am aware that I need to know the location of the object directories and clean them manually. I was totally unaware that, in case of a patch, the installer would take the next best file of the correct name from there; irrespective of the underlying version. Though I feel in good company. I guess, a great number of people on this list were in a similar situation. Knowing the 'social contract' of OpenBSD, I only have to blame myself for ignorance. Still, may I suggest, that the next Upgrade Guide gets an extra line, with a remark pointing out the existence of /usr/obj; and the suggestion to clean it? Also, with respect to the 'errata', the patches, they describe in detail what needs to be done. Maybe here, it could as well be suggested, that before applying the first patch of a new version of OpenBSD, /usr/obj should be cleaned, or be verified to be clean? Thanks for the various people who helped me patiently at analysing this problem to the very end! Uwe
