Re: Unable to build HEAD

> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:45:11 -0700
> From: Doug Barton <dougb_at_FreeBSD.org>
> 
> Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 
> > OK. I cleaned out /usr/obj and saved /usr/src/sys/i386/conf.
> 
> I'm going to assume that you mean just your conf file there.
> 
> 
> > While I
> > will have to re-do my kernel config, I prefer to save my old one,
> 
> That's fine, just compare it to GENERIC to make sure that all of your
> entries are valid, and that you're not missing anything important.
> 
> > But, as suggested by bf, I think that the WITHOUT_OPENSSH knob is
> > broken which is a problem
> 
> Agreed. If you want to help debug this problem you could try building
> with clean /usr/obj, up to date /usr/src, and ONLY the ssh knob in
> src.conf. Then debug from there.
> 
> This (IMWO) is something that should be fixed before release.
> 
> > Guess I should have tried V8 a couple of months ago.
> 
> In the immortal words of Jiminy Cricket, let your conscience be your
> guide. :)

Doug, 

Two patches have been submitted to fix this problem, one by bf
(conf/137483) and one by me (conf/137486). I have confidence that the bf
patch is correct and appropriate and that buildworld is broken with
various src.conf options. I am convinced my patch is correct,
but I suspect that some might argue that it is not appropriate. It
allows pam_ssh to be built even though WITHOUT_OPENSSH is specified.

I will be happy to defend my patch, if challenged, but the short time
until 8.0 makes it questionable as to whether a consensus can be reached
in time. Whether you like my patch, I'd love to see the patch by bf
(conf/137483) committed before 8.0 and I believe that you agree. If so,
could you request the RE to approve it to be committed.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
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Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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