Subject: Re: groff/-current build problems
To: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/08/2002 00:00:45
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 06:37:50PM +1100, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> I regularly upgrade my systems from "old -current" or "earlier release"
> to "-current" or "head of release branch" by running an UNPRIVED
> DESTDIR!=/ build, creating the sets, extracting all sets *except*
> etc.tgz, and then running one of:
>
> a) if sources are available:
> cd /usr/src
> ./etc/postinstall -s `pwd` check
> ./etc/postinstall -s `pwd` fix
>
> b) if no sources available, but I have etc.tgz:
> mkdir /tmp/foo
> cd /tmp/foo
> pax -zrvpe -f /path/to/etc.tgz
> ./etc/postinstall -s `pwd` check
> ./etc/postinstall -s `pwd` fix
> cd /
> rm -rf /tmp/foo
Oh, yah, that's really a lot simpler than the automatic check at the
end of a build.
--
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>