Re: Installing new world failed (install -l)

Hack INSTALL=/usr/obj/${TARGET}.${TARGET_ARCH}${SRC_PATH}/tmp/legacy/usr/bin/install
is working, but this conversation will become PR.

-- Eir Nym


On 30 April 2013 23:13, Brooks Davis <brooks_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:17:09PM +0400, Eir Nym wrote:
>> -- Eir Nym
>>
>>
>> On 29 April 2013 19:25, Brooks Davis <brooks_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:36:20PM +0400, Eir Nym wrote:
>> >> Since -l switch introduced into install(8), I can't build new FreeBSD
>> >> box at all.
>> >>
>> >> I do following command set to build new box: (http://eroese.org/mkw.sh)
>> >> 1) cd /usr/head/src && svn up
>> >> 2) make buildworld
>> >> 3) make DESTDIR=/path/to/directory hierarchy distrib-dirs distribution
>> >> installworld
>> >
>> > heriarchy and distrib-dirs are both pointless here AFACT.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> This worked for long time but after some point it had been broken. I
>> >> found only 20130425 in UPDATING about this, but installing mergemaster
>> >> gives nothing, obviously.
>> >> I can't compile new install(8) since I have old system like
>> >> FreeBSD-9-RELEASE (FreeBSD-CURRENT, r226748) and it doesn't have
>> >> needed functions.
>> >>
>> >> The tail of install log is below.
>> >>
>> >> .. (lines removed)
>> >> mtree -deU -f /usr/head/src/etc/mtree/BSD.sendmail.dist -p
>> >> /usr/home/root/logs/2013-04-28/16.18.03/distro.i386/
>> >> ./var/spool/clientmqueue missing (created)
>> >> install -l s usr/src/sys /usr/home/root/logs/2013-04-28/16.18.03/distro.i386/sys
>> >> install: illegal option -- l
>> >> usage: install [-bCcMpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
>> >>                [-o owner] file1 file2
>> >>        install [-bCcMpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
>> >>                [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory
>> >>        install -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ...
>> >> *** [distrib-dirs] Error code 64
>> >
>> > Are you setting INSTALL= in make.conf, src.conf, etc?
>> >
>> > -- Brooks
>>
>> I don't set this option at all.
>> As far as I know I should not set it setting and I've tested with
>> clean environment (like __MAKE_CONF=/dev/null & SRCCONF=/dev/null).
>> The PATH should be different for cross-platform build as I do.
>> the correct install path is
>> ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/i386.i386/usr/head/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin/install
>
> That's not the problem.  I belive that the problem is that the hierarchy
> target is broken when called directly.  As I mention above, it's also
> pointless.  Just use installworld before distribution so installworld
> creates all the required directories rather than pre-creating them with
> hierarchy and distrib-dirs.
>
> -- Brooks