GENERIC make buildkernel error / fails - posix_fadvise

[Rob Clark]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:15:50 -0500
John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:11:10 pm Rob Clark wrote:
> > System: Dell 600sc
> > Currently running: 8.2-RELEASE
> > 
> > In attempting to update this system to 8-STABLE I did
> > what I usually do to update a system (see below).
> > make buildworld completes successfully, but make
> > buildkernel does not. I usually create a custom
> > kernel, but for this system I went with GENERIC as
> > is.  
> > 
> > The error message is: 
> > /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568: error: invalid
> > application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'struct
> > posix_fadvise_args' /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568:
> > error: 'posix_fadvise' undeclared here (not in a
> > function) *** Error code 1
> 
> This sounds like you have an incomplete tree that only got part of a change 
> (specifically, /usr/src/sys/sys/sysproto.h seems stale).  Have you tried a 
> different cvsup mirror?
> 
> -- 
> John Baldwin

Sorry for the late follow-up, just got the system
up and running yesterday.  It appears that choosing a
different mirror did the trick. 

Thanks for all the positive insight from everyone who
responded. I learned some valuable information, and
new ways of doing things along the way.

Have A Great Week!
Rob


-- 
Rob Clark <rpclark at tds.net>