At 06:42 PM 3/24/99 , David Brownlee wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Kevin wrote:
>
>> I have the current source sup'd as of yesterday, but many attempts at
>> building it have failed.  Probably because I'm not building the tools in
>> the right order, or some other crap.  Sorry I've been at this for fare to
>> many hours.  Is there a sure-fire set of instructions for upgrading from
>> 1.3.3 -> current via source compile?  If there is, my many web and dejanews
>> searches have not found them.  
>> 
>	Nope - its find the tools that break and reinstall.
>	You _really_ want to go with the snapshot :)

Damn.  I was afraid of.  That's a +60meg download I've been hoping was not
necessary.  I guess it is.  


>> I have read in other posts that it is easier to get a current snapshot then
>> sup and compile the latest current from there.  On ftp.netbsd.org there is
>> a binary snapshot for current that is dated back in October.  Is there a
>> more recent version available on another site?
>> 
>> Is /usr/src/gnu required for a basic system?  My /usr/src filesystem is
>> kinda on the small side,(171megs) and i don't think I'll have the room to
>> do a full make build with the gnu sources thrown in there also.  
>
>	Its pretty much all required :/

Time to backup and repartition then.  Might as well do it all at the same
time.  I have to reinstall the base anyway.


Thanks for the help.


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Kevin                      DOTFP


Trust the computer industry to shorten "Year 2000" to Y2K.
It was this kind of thinking that caused the problem in the first place.