Re: Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 04:25:23 +0200, you wrote: Is it possible, or do I need to use a more recent installation to be able to build -CURRENT? it was possible for me, but i had to go through a lot of hassles installing -CURRENT from within -STABLE. i used the DESTDIR-switch to install everything to /mnt/ (where my -current partition was mounted). but mergemaster failed due to a system call lacking (can't remember which one, i think it tried to start a programm in /mnt/bin which failed because it was linked against libc.so.5 i fixed that by linking libc.so.4 to libc.so.5 temporarily). the next pitfall is mergemaster NOT creating files/directories necessary, thus using it on a clean partition (only installworld'd and installkernel'd) will fail and you have to create some files/directories by hand. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Kientzle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:52:11PM +0200, Gerhard H=E4ring wrote: : : make installworld dumps core at installing passwd (4.5-RELEASE). : : : Brooks Davis: : : Are you running a current kernel at this point? If you aren't it's safe : to say it won't work. : : The directions in UPDATING leave you running : an OLD kernel after rebooting into single-user. : (Installkernel puts the kernel in the new location, : but the old boot loader is still on disk, so it : loads the kernel from the old location.) If : a new kernel is required at this point, then : UPDATING is wrong or installkernel is wrong. You are correct about this. I'll update it to include installing the new bootblocks as well, if that isn't already in there for the 4.x - 5.0 upgrade path. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
* Brooks Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-22 16:55 -0700]: On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 01:48:14AM +0200, Gerhard H?ring wrote: * Brooks Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-22 15:01 -0700]: Are you running a current kernel at this point? If you aren't it's safe to say it won't work. No, this is 4.5-RELEASE, as I said. By current kernel, do you mean an up-to-date FreeBSD 4, like 4.7-STABLE, or a -CURRENT kernel? I mean a -CURRENT kernel like /usr/src/UPDATING tells you to use. UPDATING is the authoritative document on this subject. Ah, thanks. I read about this in the handbook, but reading UPDATING just didn't provide anything interesting before ;-) With the information from UPDATING, I now got -CURRENT installed, building from 4.7-RELEASE this time. -- Gerhard To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 04:25:23AM +0200, Gerhard Haering wrote: Is it possible, or do I need to use a more recent installation to be able to build -CURRENT? Yes, it is. It should even be possible to build -CURRENT with as early as 4.0-RELEASE. If it doesn't, please drop me a line. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunbay Software AG, [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age msg45019/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
* Ruslan Ermilov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-22 12:23 +0300]: On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 04:25:23AM +0200, Gerhard Haering wrote: Is it possible, or do I need to use a more recent installation to be able to build -CURRENT? Yes, it is. It should even be possible to build -CURRENT with as early as 4.0-RELEASE. If it doesn't, please drop me a line. make installworld dumps core at installing passwd (4.5-RELEASE). I've now dl-ed and burnt the DP1 CD instead and am trying to get this to run. -- Gerhard To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:52:11PM +0200, Gerhard Häring wrote: * Ruslan Ermilov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-22 12:23 +0300]: On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 04:25:23AM +0200, Gerhard Haering wrote: Is it possible, or do I need to use a more recent installation to be able to build -CURRENT? Yes, it is. It should even be possible to build -CURRENT with as early as 4.0-RELEASE. If it doesn't, please drop me a line. make installworld dumps core at installing passwd (4.5-RELEASE). Are you running a current kernel at this point? If you aren't it's safe to say it won't work. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form X is the one, true Y is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 msg45091/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 01:48:14AM +0200, Gerhard Häring wrote: * Brooks Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-22 15:01 -0700]: Are you running a current kernel at this point? If you aren't it's safe to say it won't work. No, this is 4.5-RELEASE, as I said. By current kernel, do you mean an up-to-date FreeBSD 4, like 4.7-STABLE, or a -CURRENT kernel? I mean a -CURRENT kernel like /usr/src/UPDATING tells you to use. UPDATING is the authoritative document on this subject. When I came to FreeBSD, ppl told me that you don't update the kernel separately, so I'm not sure what you mean. You don't want to randomly update the kernel without updating userland because some program like ipfw will stop working sometimes. On the flip side, if you don't update the kernel before install world, the old kernel may not support syscalls required by the new binaries. In the past this has included things like /bin/sh so it is necessicary to install a new kernel before installing a new world unless you want to get your self into a real mess. Additionaly, it's very easy to switch back to an old kernel. Switching back to an older world requires backups. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form X is the one, true Y is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 msg45098/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
* Brooks Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-22 15:01 -0700]: On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:52:11PM +0200, Gerhard Häring wrote: * Ruslan Ermilov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-22 12:23 +0300]: On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 04:25:23AM +0200, Gerhard Haering wrote: Is it possible, or do I need to use a more recent installation to be able to build -CURRENT? Yes, it is. It should even be possible to build -CURRENT with as early as 4.0-RELEASE. If it doesn't, please drop me a line. make installworld dumps core at installing passwd (4.5-RELEASE). Are you running a current kernel at this point? If you aren't it's safe to say it won't work. No, this is 4.5-RELEASE, as I said. By current kernel, do you mean an up-to-date FreeBSD 4, like 4.7-STABLE, or a -CURRENT kernel? When I came to FreeBSD, ppl told me that you don't update the kernel separately, so I'm not sure what you mean. Confused, Gerhard PS: Using DP1 to compile -CURRENT CVS also doesn't work :-( To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Building -CURRENT with 4.5-RELEASE
Is it possible, or do I need to use a more recent installation to be able to build -CURRENT? -- Gerhard To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
