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Old 10th May 2012
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The rules for -stable patch commits prohibit library or tool chain changes of any kind. Therefore, there is an extremely high likelihood that a -stable build failure is due to an operational error of some kind. Hardware problems (cpu heat stress, RAM errors) are another possibility, but is not applicable in the case described in this thread.

Ocicat described several common problems -- another is sometimes the wrong source tree. You can check to ensure your /usr/src tree is indeed -stable. Review any .../CVS/Tag file in /usr/src to be sure the cvs(1) working directory is using source tagged with OPENBSD_5_1, the tag for 5.1-stable.

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Edited to add: I'm not stating that "incorrect source code tree" is your problem, merely pointing out that in the general case this is something to double check if and when a build problem arises.

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