Rebuilding kernel/system to a state back-in-time?

2007-11-05 Thread Ewald Jenisch
Hi, Because of severe problems wrt. a third party app (TSM Backup - see my previous post) I'm looking for a way to compile a kernel/system to a state as it was several weeks ago. To be specific I'd like to build my system/kernel using the source-files of FreeBSD 6.2 as they were back on

Rebuilding kernel/system to a state back-in-time?

2007-11-05 Thread Robert Huff
Ewald Jenisch writes: To be specific I'd like to build my system/kernel using the source-files of FreeBSD 6.2 as they were back on September 14, 2007. In cvsup there seems to be a feature date=... that should be able to accomplish this. Has anybody out there used it sucessfully? Is

Re: Rebuilding kernel/system to a state back-in-time?

2007-11-05 Thread Erik Cederstrand
Ewald Jenisch wrote: Hi, Because of severe problems wrt. a third party app (TSM Backup - see my previous post) I'm looking for a way to compile a kernel/system to a state as it was several weeks ago. To be specific I'd like to build my system/kernel using the source-files of FreeBSD 6.2 as

Re: Rebuilding kernel/system to a state back-in-time?

2007-11-05 Thread Jonathan Horne
Quoting Erik Cederstrand [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Should be tag=RELENG_6_2 ... That should suffice. This assumes you're already running 6.2. As long as you don't switch branches (or choose a date before the branch occurred!), you should be good to go. Erik i would agree with erik's advice,

Re: Rebuilding kernel/system to a state back-in-time?

2007-11-05 Thread Erik Cederstrand
Jonathan Horne wrote: ... IMO, (and forgive me, i generally dont spew my opinions where they arent welcome or asked for), RELENG_6_2 is better for a server over RELENG_6 (aka, -STABLE), as it doesnt include items that are not critically required for secure and stable operation. remember,

rebuilding the system

2007-05-03 Thread Dhananjaya hiremath
Hello sir, Here we installed the FreeBSD 6.2 release and did the check out operation.Now we want to di rebuild the system by using # make buildworld but it giving error as make: don't know how to make buildworld. Stop another thing is that my /usr/src/ dir has only gnu and etc, but in

Re: rebuilding the system

2007-05-03 Thread Nagy László Zsolt
Dhananjaya hiremath WROTE: Hello sir, Here we installed the FreeBSD 6.2 release and did the check out operation.Now we want to di rebuild the system by using # make buildworld but it giving error as make: don't know how to make buildworld. Stop another thing is that my /usr/src/ dir has

Re: rebuilding the system

2007-05-03 Thread Neo [GC]
Hi, first you should get ALL sources. You can do this easily with cvsup. In /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ you find a file called 'stable-supfile'. Copy it to some location (/root for example) and edit it. All you have to change is the line '*default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org'; just chose a

Re: rebuilding the system

2007-05-03 Thread Mikhail Goriachev
Neo [GC] wrote: Hi, first you should get ALL sources. You can do this easily with cvsup. In /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ you find a file called 'stable-supfile'. Copy it to some location (/root for example) and edit it. All you have to change is the line '*default

Re: a few questions about rebuilding a system?

2003-10-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Sweetleaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. Make world. is it really necessary to follow this step? 21.4.2 Check /etc/make.conf That step doesn't require you to actually change anything, so obviously it's not really required. Most people find it worth doing for efficiency reasons, if nothing

a few questions about rebuilding a system?

2003-10-19 Thread Sweetleaf
1. Make world. is it really necessary to follow this step? 21.4.2 Check /etc/make.conf Examine the files /etc/defaults/make.conf and /etc/make.conf. The first contains some default defines - most of which are commented out. To make use of them when you rebuild your system from source, add

Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Denis
I try to rebuild the system, but: === config: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL:267: syntax error *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. === What I must do now? -- Denis Bolotnov.

Re: Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Rus Foster
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Denis wrote: I try to rebuild the system, but: === config: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL:267: syntax error *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 In your config file /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL you've made a mistake on line

Re: Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 10:08:52AM +0400, Denis wrote: I try to rebuild the system, but: === config: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL:267: syntax error *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. === What I must

RE: Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Remington L.
Haha, such a smart ass ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Kennaway Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 2:16 AM To: Denis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rebuilding the system On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 10:08:52AM +0400, Denis wrote: I

Re: Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Sunday 20 July 2003 05:15 am, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 10:08:52AM +0400, Denis wrote: I try to rebuild the system, but: === config: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL:267: syntax error *** Error code 1 Hmm. What's on line 267 of your custom

Re: Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-20T18:58:31Z, Remington L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: config: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL:267: syntax error Fix the syntax error. Haha, such a smart ass ;) I didn't think it was that out of line. How many times have you heard clients / friends / employers ask, why did my

Re: Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Sunday 20 July 2003 04:22 pm, Kirk Strauser wrote: At 2003-07-20T18:58:31Z, Remington L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I didn't think it was that out of line. How many times have you heard clients / friends / employers ask, why did my email bounce? I got a message from someone called Mailer

Re: Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-20T20:36:43Z, Matthew Graybosch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, it wasn't an unreasonable response, but it I wouldn't say it was very constructive, either. It doesn't take any longer to write what do you have on line 267 instead. I suppose. Maybe I held my tongue for so many years