Subject: Re: build problem
To: Chris Ewert <chris@infolaunch.com>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
List: current-users
Date: 08/17/1999 09:23:17
> I am attempting to build the latest (today's source) current on my
> system  When compiling almost any program I get the error " make: don't
> know how to make /usr/lib/crtbegin.o. Stop".  I figured it might have
> something to do with libraries (as I just upgraded from a 1.4 system and
> didn't get this to compile).  I try to make all in /usr/src/lib and I
> get this error:

You're stuck straddling the ELF transition.

it's possible to jump across it purely by building for source, but
it's a pain to get right; you're probalby better off installing the
latest i386 snapshot from ftp.netbsd.org (which is already ELF) and
rebuilding using that...

						- Bill