On Tuesday 13 November 2007 06:08:10 Nic Reveles wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to update my version of FreeBSD from 5.4 to 5.5-STABLE. This > is one of the many things I've yet to get my feet wet with yet, and so I'm > not entirely sure what it is I am doing. I've made a backup of my most > critical work. > > Some links I've found describing this process: > 1. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > 2. http://www.nabble.com/Upgrading-FreeBSD-Questions-t4716949.html > > So far I've run cvsup with a line in it: > *default tag=RELENG_5_5_0_RELEASE > > After a long time it said that it finished successfully. Regardless, I'm > not sure if the line I used is correct to get 5.5 STABLE.
No, correct tag for 5-STABLE is RELENG_5 (or, if by "5.5 STABLE" you mean 5.5 with security patches, tag should be RELENG_5_5). See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html > > Then I ran: > % make buildworld > > ===> gnu/usr.bin/cvs/contrib > sed -e 's,@CSH@,/bin/csh,' -e '[EMAIL PROTECTED]@,/usr/bin/perl,' > /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/contrib/../../../../contrib/cvs/contrib/Makefile.. >in > Makefile "Makefile", line 15: Need an operator > make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cvs. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in usr/src/gnu/usr.bin. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in usr/src/gnu. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in usr/src. > I've seen this error before, it has something to do with timestamps in src/contrib/cvs (I've copied source tree using cp). Try removing /usr/src/contrib/cvs directory and cvsup again. > Unfortunately, I typed all that out by hand and so it is quite possible > there is a typo or two, but that is the general jist of it all. Is there > someone who knows what is going on with this? All answers/tips are greatly > appreciated! > > Nic R. Yuri _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
