On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 05:44:42PM +0100, Federico Giannici wrote: > Joel Goguen wrote: > >Don't patch. Start with an empty /usr/src/ and extract fresh archives, > >then update them to -stable and recompile *ALL* userland binaries. > >These pages are your friend for this: > > OK, I can do it, but then why the patches exist if I HAVE to use -stable??? > > I extracted a fresh -release tree and applied the patch, following all > the steps. Why it shouldn't work???
You do not *have* to follow -stable. You *can* simply apply patches to release sources and rebuild. The problem is that you have begun to follow -stable, then abandoned that part way through the process, then attempted to follow -release + patch. You should not mix -release, -stable, -current portions at will [1]. Now that you have started the -stable process your best move would be either completely follow -stable [2], or *reinstall*, unpack release sources, then patch. [1] You can do -release [+ patches] and use -stable packages (at least *almost* always). [2] extract release sources WITHOUT patches, then cvs update to -stable, then rebuild kernal & userland, per normal instructions. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |