Re: kern/44019: kernel build failure on -current (andoc.tmac)

[bch%methodlogic.net@localhost]

The following reply was made to PR kern/44019; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: bch%methodlogic.net@localhost
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/44019: kernel build failure on -current (andoc.tmac)
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:02:42 +0000

 On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 05:05:03PM +0000, John Nemeth wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR kern/44019; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: kern/44019: kernel build failure on -current (andoc.tmac)
 > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:02:26 -0700
 > 
 >  On Feb 16,  4:37am, bch%methodlogic.net@localhost wrote:
 >  }
 >  } >Number:         44019
 >  } >Category:       kern
 >  } >Synopsis:       Kernel build failure
 >  } >Responsible:    kern-bug-people
 >  } >State:          open
 >  } >Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 31 16:30:00 +0000 2010
 >  } >Originator:     bch%methodlogic.net@localhost
 >  } >Release:        NetBSD 5.99.39
 >  } >Organization:
 >  }   Method Logic Digial
 >  }   http://methodlogic.net/
 >  } >Environment:
 >  } System: NetBSD kamloops 5.99.39 NetBSD 5.99.39 (kamloops) #40: Thu Oct 28 
 > 17:59:12 PDT 2010 root@kamloops:/usr/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/kamloops 
 > amd64
 >  } Architecture: x86_64
 >  } Machine: amd64
 >  } >Description:
 >  }   From sources checked out at approx. Sun Oct 31 09:22:25 PDT 2010, build 
 > fails:
 >  } 
 >  }   make: make: don't know how to make 
 > /tooldir.NetBSD-5.99.39-amd64/share/groff/tmac/andoc.tmac. Stop
 >  } >How-To-Repeat:
 >  }   ./build.sh -j 4 kernel=<mykernel>
 >  
 >       Please use:  ./build.sh -j 4 tools kernel=<mykernel>
 >  
 >       The error is telling you (in a roundabout way) that tools haven't
 >  been built yet.  See this paragraph in src/BUILDING (in the
 >  kernel=kconf section):
 >  
 >                     This command does not imply the tools command; run the
 >                     tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
 >                     already exist and are up to date.
 
 OK -- good to know what the error is about, but I've been building
 from this tree for weeks successfully, and in fact re-tried w/o "-j"
 (and no other changes) and it worked fine. Strange.
 
 >  }-- End of excerpt from bch%methodlogic.net@localhost
 >  
 
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