My working strategy, just to close it up:

After reading the UPDATING file and following the general recommendations
in it I
-untarred the sources
and then:

cd /usr/src/usr.bin/make;make includes && make dependall && make install &&
make cleandir
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cd /usr/src/share/mk;make install
cd /usr/src;make includes #till it bumps out with an error1
cd to /usr/src/lib/libc;make includes && make MKLINT=no dependall && make
install
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cd to /usr/src/usr.bin/xlint;make includes && make dependall && make install

(Also made & installed:
	usr.bin/compile_et
 	usr.bin/yacc
 	usr.bin/lex
 	usr.sbin/config)
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Then:
cd /usr/src
make includes

-at this point I made a fresh kernel with the newly installed libc and
synced and rebooted with the new kernel and went to a full build from
sources


Good Luck,
T@W


Peter Losher encoded:
>So I am in the process of attempting to update this Dell Insiprion 3800
>from 1.5.1_ALPHA to 1.5V (To take advantage of better Ricochet support and
>support for the ESS Maestro 3 audio chip - if that ever becomes a
>possibility)
>
>I have already updated make, and tried to update libc, but encounter this
>error:
>
>-=-
>creating LintSysNoerr.c
>lint -chapbxzF -w -X 272 -D_LIBC -DNLS -DYP -DHESIOD -DLIBC_SCCS
>-DSYSLIBC_SCCS -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/src/lib/libc/include -DINET6
>-D__DBINTERFACE_PRIVATE -I/usr/src/lib/libc/../../libexec/ld.elf_so
>-I/usr/src/lib/libc/dlfcn -DWITH_RUNE -DRUNEMOD_MAJOR=3
>-D_PATH_LOCALEMODULE=\"/usr/lib/runemodule\" -DRESOLVSORT -I.
>-DPOSIX_MISTAKE -DPORTMAP -DFLOATING_POINT -i LintSysNoerr.c
>lint: illegal option -- w
>Usage: lint [-abceghprvxzHF] [-s|-t] [-i|-nu] [-Dname[=def]] [-Uname]
>        [-Idirectory] [-Ldirectory] [-llibrary] [-ooutputfile] file ...
>       lint [-abceghprvzHF] [-s|-t] -Clibrary [-Dname[=def]]
>        [-Idirectory] [-Uname] [-Bpath] file ...
>*** Error code 1
>-=-
>
>I tried updating usr.bin/xlint and get this:
>
>-=-
>cc   -o lint1 cgram.o scan.o mem1.o mem.o err.o main1.o decl.o tree.o
>func.o init.o emit.o emit1.o -ll
>main1.o: In function `usage':
>main1.o(.text+0x3c8): undefined reference to `getprogname'
>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>*** Error code 1
>
>Stop.
>*** Error code 1
>-=-
>
>Any ideas on what I may be missing?
>
>Thanks - Peter
>--
>Peter Losher
><Peter.Losher@nominum.com>
>Systems Admin. - Nominum, Inc.              PGP key available on request