buildworld from FreeBSD 8.1 to FreeBSD 8.2

[Lowell Gilbert]

krad <kraduk at gmail.com> writes:

> On 11 July 2011 14:07, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi <lenzi.sergio at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Em Seg, 2011-07-11 às 11:48 +0400, hasanhasanli Hasan escreveu:
>>
>> >
>> > I had problem with upgrating FreeBSD 8.1 to FreeBSD 8.2
>> > after that I typed
>> > make buildworld
>> > It gives error.
>> > /usr/lib/libthr.a(thr_syscalls.o)(.text+0x87a): In function `___pselect':
>> > : undefined reference to `__pselect'
>> > *** Error code 1
>>
>> I use the following procedure:
>> 1) build freebsd in a CLEAN machine (supose new bsd is 8.2)...:
>>    make buildworld buildkernel
>>    Please save the environment variables KERNCONF
>>
>> 2) copy /usr/src /usr/obj to the old (8.1, or even 7.x) bsd... in the
>> same directory(/usr/srcj /usr/obj) rsync works fine...
>> 3) in the new (the one you generate freebsd) machine....
>>    rsync -avz --delete /usr/src/  root at oldmachine:/usr/src
>>    rsync -avz --delete /usr/obj/  root at oldmachine:/usr/obj
>> 4) in the oldmachine.....
>>    cd /usr/src
>>    set KERNCONF
>>    make installworld installkernel
>> 5) reboot..
>>
>> FOR ME, it works...
>>
>> Sergio
>
> world should be done after the kernel and there should be a reboot inbetween
> the two as well. Also what about mergemaster?

No, buildworld is before kernel so that the kernel is built with the new toolchain.

Mergemaster is definitely needed as part of the process, but won't have
produced this particular failure.

The two-machine system is unnecessarily complicated for most users.

We really need to know what the original poster's procedure was.