On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 08:48:15AM -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > > >11) script /home/script/buildworld/iw-???date run" > > > >12) cd /usr/src pwd > > > >13) mergemaster -p > > > >14) make installworld > > > >15) mergemaster -i ???install everything? > > > >16) exit > > > >17)shutdown -r now > > > >=============================== > > > > > > > >This should help a bit. > > > > > > Hello Don! > > > Thank you for some good help. > > > > > > My make.conf only had some use.perl stuff. > > > I added your flags. > > > > > > Also I've revised my sequence: > > > > > > cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile \ > > > > > > && cd /usr/obj \ > > > && chflags -R noschg * \ > > > && rm -rf * \ > > > > > > && cd /usr/src ; make clean \ > > > && make buildworld \ > > > && make buildkernel KERNCONF=NINJA \ > > > && make installkernel KERNCONF=NINJA \ > > > && make installworld \ > > > && mergemaster \ > > > > > > And am now ready to give it another go :) > > > > Until you are satisfied that everything works without any problems at > > all, please don't use scripts to run the builds. > > > > For instance, your script above lacks a call to ``mergemaster -p'' > > before the ``make buildworld'' step, which may be necessary. > > That's a call to 'script' to run, telling it where to put the resulting > text file. While it is running, commands are given and executed. Later, > if something goes wrong, or you saw something you want to check on, you > have a record of what happened that you can look at, and pass on to > others, if needed. > > Could you explain the logic of running mergemaster -p, when you have > nothing to run it on. /usr/obj was blown away at the beginning of the > buildworld sequence. What are you going to check at that point? Please > take a look at the handbook for the sequence that things should occur > in. I would say look at /usr/src/UPDATING, but their sequence doesn't > include installing the kernel anymore.
He means to run mergemaster -p before make installworld, as in the instructions quoted at the top of this email and in /usr/src/UPDATING. Also, the documented sequence *does* include installing the kernel, so I don't know what you mean there either. Kris
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