Subject: Re: Latest build failure - systat
To: None <darcy@NetBSD.org>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 12/18/2007 11:12:01
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:06:01 -0500
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@NetBSD.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:53:49 -0500
> Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com> wrote:
> >   /usr/src was updated via CVS on 2007-12-18 12:37:24 UTC...
> > 
> >   --- dependall ---
> >   nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to
> > make /usr/obj/destdir/amd64/usr/include/sys/pmf.h. Stop ***
> > [dependall] Error code 2 1 error
> > 
> > pmf.h is no longer installed, and stale .depend files are
> > referencing it. "nbmake-$arch cleandir" will remove then, and then
> > it will build
> 
> I find that an occasional "rm -rf /usr/obj/*" is good for the health
> of the build system, especially if I'm having problems.
> 
Ineed.  I take it a step further -- I have obj, netbsd, tools, and
release under /usr/BUILD; I delete /usr/BUILD instead...


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb