Re: "make installworld" fails ("Signal 11")

From: Kristof Provost <kp_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:47:47 UTC 
On 5 Aug 2026, at 13:32, David Wolfskill wrote:
> System was running:
> FreeBSD freebeast.catwhisker.org 16.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT #654 main-n287946-ddd850aa7720: Tue Aug  4 12:29:15 UTC 2026     root@freebeast.catwhisker.org:/common/S4/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC amd64 1600019 1600019
>
> after updating sources to main-n287957-4ebcdb8dd9a7; usual in-place
> source-based update process; got as far as "make installworld" before
> things went bad:
>
> ...
> ===> etc (install)
> ===> etc/termcap (install)
> installing DIRS CONFSDIR
> install  -d -m 0755 -o root  -g wheel  /etc
> ===> etc/sendmail (install)
> cd /usr/src/share/man; make makedb
> makewhatis /usr/share/man
> *** Signal 11
>
> Stop.
> make[5]: stopped making "makedb" in /usr/src/share/man
> *** Error code 1
>
I believe I ran into the same thing yesterday, but it went away after I deleted /usr/obj/* and built again.
It may be worth trying the same.

—
Kristof