Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-17 Thread Ted Unangst
On 17 Dec 2005 08:51:01 -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > By the way, I was thinking through my workaround, and have a > hypothesis that binary cross-platform builds may actually be > tainted... because that part of the build step must have been looking > at *installed* include files, not just in

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-17 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Hannah" == Hannah Schroeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hannah> Please don't. There're people who use the upgrade FAQ as it's intended Hannah> (i.e. one may try it out, but one is on one's own, if things fail and Hannah> one can't fix it, use binaries to get close to the revision(s) one wan

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-17 Thread Hannah Schroeter
Hello! On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 03:46:21PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: >[...] >What do you suggest? Because the only other alternative is to DELETE >the upgrade faq. Please don't. There're people who use the upgrade FAQ as it's intended (i.e. one may try it out, but one is on one's own, if thing

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-17 Thread imEnsion
>Oh give it up. You are clearly not skilled enough to even compile >code, let alone provide consulting services. Everytime Theo speaks, I have some new quote materal. woo

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Nick Holland
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Theo" == Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> I'm upgrading a remote box, so a "standard upgrade" is not an option, >>> nor is a reinstall. There was no warning in the FAQ that the >>> information was definitely broken. It must have worked for *someon

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Bryan Allen
On Dec 16, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Jason Crawford wrote: First off, I fail to see how extracting the install sets via ssh can't be done, as that's mentioned in the FAQ as one upgrade method. Upgrading via the install sets remotely works absolutely fine. I do it every six months on a couple dozen bo

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Jason Crawford
On 16 Dec 2005 14:41:38 -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > "Theo" == Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Theo> If you get stuck doing an upgrade build, please do a standard upgrade > Theo> or reinstall. > > Theo> We have never promised that such builds will work perfectly, nor can

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Theo" == Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> As it is, I worked out the problems. For the record, the workaround is: >> >> 1) remove the obj directory Theo> Look, if you did not do this, you are an idiot. However, what I meant was that this was in addition to the "don't do the

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Theo" == Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I'm upgrading a remote box, so a "standard upgrade" is not an option, >> nor is a reinstall. There was no warning in the FAQ that the >> information was definitely broken. It must have worked for *someone* >> or it wouldn't have been p

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Theo de Raadt
Oh give it up. You are clearly not skilled enough to even compile code, let alone provide consulting services. > > "Theo" == Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> As it is, I worked out the problems. For the record, the workaround is: > >> > >> 1) remove the obj directory > > T

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Theo de Raadt
> >> I'm upgrading a remote box, so a "standard upgrade" is not an option, > >> nor is a reinstall. There was no warning in the FAQ that the > >> information was definitely broken. It must have worked for *someone* > >> or it wouldn't have been put in the FAQ, I presume. > > Theo> Oh, but you do

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Ted Unangst
On 16 Dec 2005 14:41:38 -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > I'm upgrading a remote box, so a "standard upgrade" is not an option, > nor is a reinstall. There was no warning in the FAQ that the > information was definitely broken. It must have worked for *someone* > or it wouldn't have been put

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Theo de Raadt
> I'm upgrading a remote box, so a "standard upgrade" is not an option, > nor is a reinstall. There was no warning in the FAQ that the > information was definitely broken. It must have worked for *someone* > or it wouldn't have been put in the FAQ, I presume. Oh, but you don't understand. Yes,

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Theo" == Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Theo> If you get stuck doing an upgrade build, please do a standard upgrade Theo> or reinstall. Theo> We have never promised that such builds will work perfectly, nor can we Theo> dedicate 3-4 developers full-time to making sure they do.

Re: stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Theo de Raadt
If you get stuck doing an upgrade build, please do a standard upgrade or reinstall. We have never promised that such builds will work perfectly, nor can we dedicate 3-4 developers full-time to making sure they do. Which is pretty much what it would take. > >From http://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade-ol

stuck on "upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 - Exception handling flag day"

2005-12-16 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
>From http://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade-old.html I see that I need to issue the following: # cd /usr/src/gnu/lib/libstdc++ # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper cleandir # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper obj # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper # make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper install I have