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Re: Updating from 5.99.01



On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 07:31:57PM +0100, vincent wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> After some months in the tunnel, I'm trying to update my current machine 
> from 5.99.01 to whatever it is now. Problem: config has changed, and the 
> new config will not compile because some API in struct devm seems to have 
> evolved. Therefore, I can't compile a new kernel because I can't 
> configure it, and I surely can't build a new userland without the 
> refreshed kernel.
>
> Anybody could help me to break out of this circle?

Why not use the documented way of building NetBSD, build.sh?

(In your case you'd want to build the tools from src/tools, but using
build.sh is so much easier...)

-- 
Quentin Garnier - cube%cubidou.net@localhost - cube%NetBSD.org@localhost
"See the look on my face from staying too long in one place
[...] every time the morning breaks I know I'm closer to falling"
KT Tunstall, Saving My Face, Drastic Fantastic, 2007.

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