problems getting a jail running on 5.3-RELEASE using man 8 jail

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

Sorry to top post but this is general info

There is a bug in 5.3-RELEASE make files that has been fixed in -STABLE.

See the archives for previous discussions on this.

Chad

On Feb 17, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Viren Patel wrote:

>> I am running a 5.3-RELEASE-p5 machine.
>>
>> $uname -a
>> FreeBSD twinmp.tcbug.org 5.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD
>> 5.3-RELEASE-p5 #0: Wed
>> Feb  9 16:54:40 CST 2005
>> jpaetzel at twinmp.tcbug.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TWINMP
>> i386
>>
>> Hardware is basic PC sound/lan/video, 4 IDE channels, dual
>> AMD MP
>> processors. dmesg is attached.
>>
>> I am following the following procedure in the jail
>> manpage:
>>
>> #D=/usr/local/jail
>> #cd /usr/src
>> #mkdir -p $D
>> #make world DESTDIR=$D
>> #cd etc
>> #make distribution DESTDIR=$D
>> #mount_devfs devfs $D/dev
>> #cd $D
>> #ln -sf dev/null kernel
>>
>> I get to:
>> #make world DESTDIR=$D
>> and the compile fails at the following point:
>>
>> ===> games/fortune/strfile
>> /usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/src/games/fortune/strfile
>> created
>> for /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile
>> rm -f .depend
>> mkdep -f .depend -a
>> -I/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/legacy/usr/include
>> /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile/strfile.c
>> echo
>> strfile: /storage/jail/usr/lib/libc.a
>> /usr/obj/usr/src/i386/legacy/usr/lib/libegacy.a
>>>> .depend
>> cc -O -pipe  -I/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/legacy/usr/include
>> -c /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile/strfile.c
>> make: don't know how to make /storage/jail/usr/lib/libc.a.
>> Stop
>> *** Error code 2
>>
>> Stop in /usr/src.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop in /usr/src.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop in /usr/src.
>>
>> This is reproducable on my hardware with RELEASE-5.3,
>> RELEASE-5.3-p2
>> and RELEASE-5.3-p5.  I found an email in the -questions
>> mailing list
>> in which the author has the same errors that I do
>> attempting to build
>> world.
>>
>> <http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?57d710000501131800788ec662>
>>
>> If I replace:
>> #make world DESTDIR=$D with
>> #env DESTDIR=$D make world everything goes fine.
>>
>> (just for kicks I tested with /bin/sh /bin/csh and
>> /usr/local/etc/zsh)
>>
>> I considered sending a patch for man 8 jail but thought it
>> would be
>> better to get input first.  If a solution isn't found I'll
>> send-pr
>> the docproj with a patch.
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Josh Paetzel
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>
> Hello. I have also had success with:
>
> #/bin/tcsh
> #setenv DESTDIR /path/to/jail
> then follow the instructions for "Setting up a Jail
> Directory Tree".
>
> FYI: also look at "Managing Jails on FreeBSD 5" at
> http://www.devco.net - invaluable and should be added, if
> possible, to the jail man pages IMHO.
>
> --
> Viren Patel
> Chemistry & Biochemistry
> University of Texas at Austin
>
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