Re: svn error during 'make buildkernel'?

On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 05:08:58PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 02:03:49PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > I updated my /usr/src with subversion from ports:
> > 
> > % pkg info | grep subver
> > subversion-1.7.9_1             Version control system
> > 
> > 'make buildworld' completed as expected.  'make buildkernel'
> > seems to complete, but I'm seeing
> > 
> > :> hack.c
> > cc  -shared -nostdlib hack.c -o hack.So
> > rm -f hack.c
> > MAKE=make sh /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh MOBILE
> > svn: E155036: The working copy at '/usr/src'
> > is too old (format 29) to work with client version '1.8.0 (r1490375)' (expects format 31). You need to upgrade the working copy first.
> > 
> 
> > Why is svn being run during 'make buildkernel'?  More importantly,
> > why is the freshly built svn in /usr/obj being invoked when it 
> > has not previously been installed and so /usr/src may indeed be
> > in a older, yet valid, format?
> > 
> 
> src/sys/conf/newvers.sh sets the svn revision, which is printed by
> uname(1).
> 
> devel/subversion is at version 1.8.x, so you should upgrade your
> installed port.  Or you can use /usr/bin/svnlite directly, and run:
> 
>     # /usr/bin/svnlite upgrade /usr/src
> 

Thanks.

Looks like an entry in /usr/src/UPDATING is missing if
/usr/bin/svn* is forcing an obsolscence of a functioning
installed port.

-- 
Steve