/rescue is always causing trouble with me here. make world falls over with:
===> rescue/rescue install -s -o root -g wheel -m 555 rescue /rescue install -o root -g wheel -m 555 nextboot_FIXED /rescue/nextboot.sh install: /rescue/nextboot.sh: Not a directory *** Error code 71
Stop in /u/src/rescue/rescue. *** Error code 1
Looking into / I see that /rescue is a file.
Why is this /rescue being created in /? It used to blow up and overflow the / filesystem (there were times when a 40 MB root FS was
sufficient).
What is the safe method to put /rescue elsewhere (in an area with enough space). It also seems that it is being deleted by make world, at least I seem to remember that putting a soft link into /rescue into / didn't help either.
Symlinking /rescue -> / will cause exactly the problem you're seeing. (Because there is a file called /rescue/rescue, which will then get installed on top of the symlink. Boom!) Don't do that. You could probably symlink /rescue -> /usr/rescue, but that sort of defeats the purpose.
/rescue is part of a plan to reduce the size of the / partition, though it's a somewhat involved process. There are two key pieces:
1) Building /bin and /sbin dynamically. This is a big space savings, but comes at a cost. Namely, it's a lot easier to trash a dynamic /bin than the old static one.
2) /rescue contains a compact set of statically-linked executables (about 3MB total) that are provided to help in system recovery if /bin or /sbin gets damaged.
The catch, of course, is that step #2 needs to be finished first, temporarily increasing the / partition size until #1 is done.
You have several options:
* Disable /rescue. Define NO_RESCUE to suppress it from
being built and installed, e.g.,
make -DNO_RESCUE buildworld
make -DNO_RESCUE installworld
Or add it to /etc/make.conf* Take the plunge and compile /bin dynamically. Define WITH_DYNAMICROOT in /etc/make.conf.
* Get a bigger hard disk. ;-)
Hope this helps,
Tim Kientzle
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