Subject: Re: problems trying to build today's -current
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Mike Pumford <mpumford@black-star.demon.co.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 02/14/2003 23:23:12
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:28:45 -0800 (PST)
Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd@twofifty.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> 
> > obj ===> gnu/usr.bin/grep/grep
> > /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/grep/grep/obj -> /usr/obj/gnu/usr.bin/grep/grep
> > mkdir: /usr/obj/gnu/usr.bin/grep/grep: Not a directory
> > *** Error code 1
> 
> I've gotten that before: you need to delete or move the file and make
> the directory (at least I did). It was some oddness due to a new
> version of grep.
> 
I think this is caused by doing a cvs update without the -P option to
prune empty directories. Assuming a reasonable bandwidth redo the cvs
update specifiying the -d and -P flags. -d gests new directories, -P
prunes off dead ones. 

Mike