I have succesfully remade world/kernel a few times prior (after discovering that I need to go single user or lower my kernel.securelevel, the latter not really being mentioned in docs), used mergemaster, etc., followed all directions scrupulously. Since around 4.2 release, I haven't been able to do a make installworld (or make world). I have cvsuped a few times with the same result. The error message given is always the same. I booted with "boot -s" this morning and got the exact same result, log shown below. What I have done, which seems to install just about everything, is "make install" from /usr/src after make installworld fails. rebuilding/installing kernel and make buildworld go without a hitch. My kernel config is mostly ordinary, although I only build for 686 (pentium 2). I did look at the files referenced by the command line shown and didn't have the patience to track down all the included makefile stuff, but I did poke around and didn't find anything amiss. Also, is there some way of automatically checking whether a cvsup has updated ports I have installed? Thanks, Jon /usr/src# make installworld mkdir -p /tmp/install.45600 for prog in [ awk cat chflags chmod chown date echo egrep find grep install ln make makewhatis mtree mv perl rm sed sh sysc tl test true uname wc zic; do cp `which $prog` /tmp/install.45600; done cd /usr/src; MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj COMPILER_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libexec:/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/us r/bin LIBRA RY_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/lib:/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/lib OBJFORMAT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libexec PERL5 LIB=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libdata/perl/5.00503 PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/bin:/usr/o bj/usr/src/i386/usr/games:/tmp/install.45600 make -f Makefile.inc1 reinstall make: permission denied *** Error code 126 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. /usr/src# To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message