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4.5 -current issue
I have been following -current and have run into an issue
when trying to upgrade to the latest. After recompiling the new kernel and rebooting I get this error Quote:
I have always followed compile new kernel compile userland From some googling it seems that my kernel and userland are out of sync.. however; Since the 2 are out of sync I am a bit scared to take the 2 hours to rebuild userland to see if the error corrects itself.. Thoughts.. ? rk
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Thx for response.. Yes Sir.. -current is always a moving target.. seems like it move faster only when I choose to update.. ;-) the new kernel is 4 days old.. So I guess I will reboot with new kernel and rebuild the binaries.. however; this means that I will physically have to be at my other remote box for the same issue.. Dumb question.. If I rebuild the binaries with the "old kernel" dated Jan 1,2009 then reboot with the new kernel.. Will that work..??? thx rk
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Ah. Now I know how out-of-sync you are. There is approximately 2 months between kernels. There were many new features added since 2008.
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I will try the snapshot kernel..
Thank you.. Don't think I have any special hardware but here is my dmesg Quote:
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New snapshot gave the same error..
I did try to rebuild the binaries with the new kernel I had compiled 4 days ago enabled but got an error.. a stop error.. I will download the latest snapshot source and try again.. rk
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updated src and got a compile error when building userland..
so.. I will just reload with the latest snapshot.. Quote:
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I don't understand why all this recompiling is needed, just install the snapshot using the snapshot installation file sets.
If you track -current you should be subscribed to the OpenBSD source-changes mailing lists. Sometimes there is what is called a flag day, meaning a library version is bumped. This forms a major hurdle to recompile your system. Developers know how to deal with us. Non-developers just install a new snapshot from the pre-compiled binary snapshot installation file sets.
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You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump Last edited by J65nko; 28th February 2009 at 03:07 AM. Reason: Flag day explained |
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There is an awful lot of reconfiguring to do when I reload it with a snapshot.. I have never done an upgrade but if that is the way to go to avoid all the reconfiguration.. then I am willing to give it a go.. Pardon my ignorance on this one.. rk
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No flag days recently. The "Following -current" FAQ lists each and every architectural change, and what to do about it, if you are updating from source..
Roundcat, you may have stated your older kernel was from Jan 1, but the dmesg you posted was built November 18. There have been three changes in the Following -current FAQ since then, but none of those three look flag day-like to me. Flag days require some sort of bootstrap build when updating from source rather than from binaries. Even so, J65's recommendation -- installing from binary snapshot -- is a good one, as we don't know how many architectural changes you've missed since you first moved to -current. |
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and it was on January 1 and again I tried on Feb 23. I will go find the info J65 recommended regarding the non-develper path.. Guys.. thanks so much for your help here..
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Nothing to look up... all you need to do, each time you want to upgrade -current, is:
Whether you build from source, or use an upgrade cycle, reviewing the Following -current FAQ is mandatory prior to build or upgrade! Subscribing to the source-changes mailing list is very helpful for -current users. This list gets an e-mail containing the CVS log entry for every patch made to the OS. You may find subscribing to the daily or weekly summary will be more convenient than getting an individual e-mail for every patch a developer commits. Snap-to-snap use of -current is very popular. NOTE: During key development cycles, the developers will create snapshots with uncommitted patches in them, in order to have these patches tested by a large population of users. So snapshots are sometimes "beyond" -current. |
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