6.1 PRERELEASE kernel build error

[Casey Scott]

----- Original Message -----
From: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
To: Casey Scott <casey at phantombsd.org>
Cc: freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 0:27:30 AM GMT-0800
Subject: Re: 6.1 PRERELEASE kernel build error

On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 10:27:56AM -0800, Casey Scott wrote:
> I just upgraded 5.4 stable to 6.1 PRERELEASE via buildworld. I am trying to build a kernel, and keep getting this error at "make".
> 
> 
> ......
> cc -c -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -march=pentium4 -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes  -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual  -fformat-extensions -std=c99  -nostdinc -I-  -I. -I../../.. -I../../../contrib/altq -I../../../contrib/ipfilter -I../../../contrib/pf -I../../../contrib/dev/ath -I../../../contrib/dev/ath/freebsd -I../../../contrib/ngatm -I../../../dev/twa -D_KERNEL -DHAVE_KERNEL_OPTION_HEADERS -include opt_global.h -fno-common -finline-limit=8000 --param inline-unit-growth=100 --param large-function-growth=1000  -mno-align-long-strings -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2  -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -ffreestanding -Werror  ../../../fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c
> ../../../fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c:1172: warning: redundant redeclaration of 'devfs_ops_f'
> ../../../fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c:70: warning: previous declaration of 'devfs_ops_f' was here
> ../../../fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c:1183: warning: redundant redeclaration of 'devfs_vnodeops'
> ../../../fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c:68: warning: previous declaration of 'devfs_vnodeops' was here
> ../../../fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c:1205: warning: redundant redeclaration of 'devfs_specops'
> ../../../fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c:69: warning: previous declaration of 'devfs_specops' was here
> *** Error code 1
> 
> 
> I even get that error building a kernel from the GENERIC config. I think something is wonky with gcc. >Has anyone else seen this, or know what could be causing it?
>
>You didn't follow the correct upgrade order - it's documented in the
>handbook and in /usr/src/UPDATING.
>
>Kris

Thanks for that info. I have the kernel built now. I noticed that it is built from the source in /usr/obj and not /usr/src. In 6.x, do we have to keep /usr/obj after installworld, or should installworld have updated /usr/src ?

Casey