On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 12:27:14PM -0500, Jason Murray wrote: > On Fri, November 3, 2006 0:10, Theo de Raadt said: > >> Will it be possible to build GENERIC kernel for the next OpenBSD > >> release 4.1 using release or stable 4.0 system (with comp40.tgz set > >> installed)? > > > > That would be a bit hard, since 4.1 is about 6 months away. > > > > But I get your drift. Can you use -current code to build a kernel. > > Yes, you can, but you really should not. Get the 4.0-stable codebase. > > > > > > I am actually having trouble doing just this, i.e. compiling a kernel for > the new relase on an old system. This has been a successful strategy for > me from 3.5 onward. > > Here's the details: I'm running Raidframe on a 3.9 box. I just downloaded > (don't bug me about buying the CDs, I donate $10/month via paypal) the > *.tgz's and cvs'd the source to do the upgrade this weekend. Normally I > compile the kernel I need with the new source, install the kernel, reboot, > and finish the upgrade. This has worked well from 3.5 till now. I am > trying > to compile a 4.0 GENERIC kernel on my 3.9 box. Here is the output: > > I've already done the configure GENERIC and make clean . > > # make depend > mkdir -p /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC/lib/kern > depending the kern library objects > depending the compat library objects > sh /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC/../../../../kern/genassym.sh cc > -Werror -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-uninitialized > -Wno-format -Wno-main -Wstack-larger-than-2047 -fno-builtin-printf > -fno-builtin-log -O2 -pipe -nostdinc -I. > -I/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC/../../../../arch > -I/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC/../../../.. -DDDB -DDIAGNOSTIC > -DKTRACE -DACCOUNTING -DKMEMSTATS -DPTRACE -DCRYPTO -DSYSVMSG -DSYSVSEM > -DSYSVSHM -DUVM_SWAP_ENCRYPT -DCOMPAT_35 -DCOMPAT_43 -DLKM -DFFS > -DFFS_SOFTUPDATES -DUFS_DIRHASH -DQUOTA -DEXT2FS -DMFS -DXFS -DTCP_SACK > -DTCP_ECN -DTCP_SIGNATURE -DNFSCLIENT -DNFSSERVER -DCD9660 -DUDF -DMSDOSFS > -DFIFO -DPORTAL -DINET -DALTQ -DINET6 -DIPSEC -DPPP_BSDCOMP -DPPP_DEFLATE > -DMROUTING -DBOOT_CONFIG -DI386_CPU -DI486_CPU -DI586_CPU -DI686_CPU > -DUSER_PCICONF -DUSER_LDT -DAPERTURE -DCOMPAT_SVR4 -DCOMPAT_IBCS2 > -DCOMPAT_LINUX -DCOMPAT_FREEBSD -DCOMPAT_BSDOS -DCOMPAT_AOUT -DPROCFS > -DPCIVERBOSE -DEISAVERBOSE -DUSBVERBOSE -DONEWIREVERBOSE > -DWSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL -DWSDISPLAY_COMPAT_RAWKBD > -DWSDISPLAY_DEFAULTSCREENS="6" -DWSDISPLAY_COMPAT_PCVT -DPCIAGP -D_KERNEL > -Di386 -DMAXUSERS=32 < > /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC/../../../../arch/i386/i386/genassym.cf > > assym.h.tmp && mv -f assym.h.tmp assym.h > cc1: error: unrecognized option `-Wstack-larger-than-2047' > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC (line 715 of Makefile). > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Read http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade-old.html#20060727, the guide on upgrading from 3.9 to 4.0. Joachim
