make installworld fails
Kris Kennaway
kris at obsecurity.org
Sat Mar 11 19:38:41 UTC 2006
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 12:28:32PM +0100, lars at gmx.at wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >>The error message is wrong.
> >
> >Actually it's correct, just a bit unclear. UPDATING includes the
> >complete procedure you should always follow when building world. It
> >includes a 'mergemaster -p' step, precisely for the purpose of adding
> >new users and groups when they appear.
> Dear Kris
> I have a few questions related to this error message
> ERROR: Required audit group is missing, see /usr/src/UPDATING
>
> I know that updating requires the mergemaster steps because I read the
> handbook. But I don't understand why this message tells me to look
> in that file, when there's nothing about that in it.
>
> Is /usr/src/UPDATING synonymous to 'the correct updating procedure'?
Yes.
--
Updating Information for FreeBSD STABLE users
This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
<imp at village.org>. See end of file for further details. For commonly
done items, please see the COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
[...]
[...special items applicable to special situations...]
COMMON ITEMS:
General Notes
-------------
...
To build a kernel
-----------------
...
To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
-----------------------------------------------------------
# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
make buildworld
make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
[1]
<reboot in single user> [3]
mergemaster -p [5] <--------------------here
make installworld
make delete-old
mergemaster [4]
<reboot>
> Or is there a file which describes how I can manually insert needed groups
> and users when I mess up mergemaster runs?
I think you can just rerun mergemaster -p. If you mess up a full
mergemaster, you can use mergemaster -s to repair it.
> And finally, is it really necessary to reboot after 'mergemaster -p'?
> Lately I've skipped that step with no adverse side-effects, saves me one
> reboot :-)
No, it just adds the users/groups, and rebooting won't gain you anything.
Kris
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