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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2-RELEASE by cvsup = problems
Date: 21 Mar 1997 15:36:08 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <craigs-ya02408000R2103970135100001@news.os.com>,
craigs@os.com (Craig Shrimpton) writes:
> Folks,
>
> I tried to cvsup "upgrade" my 2.1.5-STABLE system and I'm having trouble.
> I did a "make world" which completed fine. However, ps, top, gated and
> networking did not work until a rebuilt a new kernel. Also, most programs
> that I installed, like joe, emacs, etc. all reported out of memory. Is
> that normal for a 2.1 to 2.2 upgrade?
>
> I recompiled the kernel and all was well except the make install. That
> reported a "syntax" error. However, it did boot the system. Now, while the
> network cards work, gated doesn't. It croaks with a sig 11. Also, top
> reports swap use at 121% and the output is garbled ($%%##@! oot 12*).
> Terminal sessions seem o.k.
>
> Am I required to recompile all my apps and ports to use 2.2-RELEASE? Or did
> I miss a step somewhere?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Craig
You'll have to rebuild a lot of them, specifically ones that have indepth
knowledge of kmem (like top, ps etc). A *lot* has changed between 2.1*
and 2.2.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !