RELENG_5_3 to RELENG_5 make installworld fails

Kent Stewart kstewart at owt.com
Thu Mar 3 14:39:19 PST 2005


On Thursday 03 March 2005 02:21 pm, Aaron Nichols wrote:
> Hello World,
>     Just got 5.3-RELEASE installed yesterday on this system and was
> cvsup'ing to 5-STABLE today. Used the following process, based on
> /usr/src/UPDATING (as well as the countless times I've done this
> before), and got the error below during 'installworld'. I did this
> same update (from 5.3-RELEASE to 5.4-PRERELEASE) a week ago and it
> worked fine, however I also noticed that mergemaster -p wanted a few
> user accounts setup prior to installworld, related to pf/pfauth -
> that no longer seems to be a requirement so I'm concerned I missed a
> step or made some other bonehead move that I'm not aware of.

You missed a step. Your system clock is off and that makes the 
installworld try to use touch. Set your system clock and you may have 
to remake your world but it should install.

Kent

>
> cvsup'ed w/ the following basic values in supfile (no, this is not
> the entirety of the file)
> *default host=cvsup17.FreeBSD.org
> *default base=/var/db
> *default prefix=/usr
> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5
> *default delete use-rel-suffix
>
> # cd /usr/src
> # make buildworld
> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
> # mergemaster -p
> # make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
> # make installworld
>
> At this point - it gets started and then dies here:
> <snip>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >>> Installing everything
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> cd /usr/src; make -f Makefile.inc1 install
> ===> share/info
> ===> include
> creating osreldate.h from newvers.sh
> touch: not found
> *** Error code 127
>
> Stop in /usr/src/include.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> </snip>
>
> I've check through the archives - not exhaustively - and found a few
> references to the "touch: not found" error - but nothing which led me
> toward getting this fixed.
>
> Ideas? Perhaps a better place to ask? At this point - I've got the
> kernel installed and can't get world installed - I could cvsup back
> to -RELEASE and get back to a safe state, but I'd rather get this
> little wrinkle worked out.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
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Kent Stewart
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