Re: Kernel build failure

Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 08:57:52PM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
> 
>>Got this while trying to build a kernel from today's sources in
>>/sys/i386/compile/<CONFNAME>.  I assume that we are still allowed
>>to build kernels in this way, yes?
>>
>>===> aic7xxx (all)
>>===> aic7xxx/aicasm (all)
>>make: don't know how to make aicasm.1. Stop
>>*** Error code 2
>>1 error
>>
> 
> We never guarantee this.  What we guarantee though, is that
> you'll be able to build your kernel through this sequence:
> 
> 	make buildworld
> 	make buildkernel
> 
> This takes care of upgrade issues.  In this case, the
> upgrade issue is that sys/dev/aic7xxx/aicasm/Makefile
> relies on the new spelling of NO_MAN, and you still
> have your /usr/share/mk filled with the old stuff.
> Two options:
> 
> 1.  You follow the supported upgrade path above, which
>     is also documented in src/UPDATING (COMMON ITEMS,
>     "To build a kernel").
> 
> 2.  You follow "To just build a kernel when you know
>     that it won't mess you up" also from src/UPDATING,
>     after manually updating your /usr/share/mk:
> 
> 	cd /usr/src/share/mk
> 	make install
> 
> 
> Cheers,

Ok, fair enough.  I think that the NO_* change warrants an UPDATING
entry that describes the problem.  I know that I'm not the only
person who was bitten by this.

Scott