mergemaster barf

Andrei Kolu antik at bsd.ee
Tue Jan 6 22:48:41 PST 2009


Mike Lempriere wrote:
> upgrading 5-stable (was at 5.5) to 6-stable, in preparation for 
> 6-stable to 7-stable.
> No problems with cvsup, make buildworld, make buildkernel, mergemaster 
> -p.
> make installkernel, boot to single user, then mergemaster -- blammo:
>
> config  /usr/src/etc/../usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.rc  
> /usr/src/etc/../usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc printcap 
> /var/tmp/temproot/etc;  cap_mkdb -l /var/tmp/temproot/etc/login.conf;  
> install -o root -g wheel -m 755  netstart pccard_ether rc.suspend 
> rc.resume /var/tmp/temproot/etc;  install -o root -g wheel -m 600  
> master.passwd nsmb.conf opieaccess /var/tmp/temproot/etc;  pwd_mkdb -L 
> -i -p -d /var/tmp/temproot/etc  /var/tmp/temproot/etc/master.passwd
> cap_mkdb: illegal option -- l
> usage: cap_mkdb [-v] [-f outfile] file [file ...]
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src/etc.
>
>  *** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src/etc and install files to
>      the temproot environment
>
> I've checked, the directory is there (/var/tmp/temproot/etc) however 
> the file (master.passwd) is not.
>
> Any suggestions anyone?  Thanks!
>
Maybe you should "make installworld" first?


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