Subject: Re: ps problems
To: Paul Goyette <paul@pgoyette.bdt.com>
From: xiamin <ingerrn@cris.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/11/1997 20:31:06
do i need to recompile libkvm too?

On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:24:56 -0800 (PST)
> From: Paul Goyette <paul@pgoyette.bdt.com>
> To: xiamin <ingerrn@cris.com>
> Cc: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: ps problems
> 
> All the problems I';ve seen show up in /bin, but I can't promise.
> Basically anything that links with libkvm is a likely problem.
> 
> On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, xiamin wrote:
> 
> > guess what sucks: i dont have enough space for all these binaries...im 
> > gonna try to do the kernel with the madhatter mods and /bin tonite....are 
> > all the ones that are affected by this in /bin by any chance? 
> > pleasepleaseplease say yes ;)
> > -xiamin wallows in lack-of-space-misery
> > 
> > On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:07:31 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: Paul Goyette <paul@pgoyette.bdt.com>
> > > To: xiamin <ingerrn@cris.com>
> > > Subject: Re: ps problems
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, xiamin wrote:
> > > 
> > > > lemme guess, the answer to this will be get kernel sources and bin 
> > > > sources from the same day, apply the madhatter patch, and writhe in agony 
> > > > as it takes hours to ftp all of this...
> > > > -xiamin is an unhappy camper
> > > 
> > > Sorry, but for pretty much anything that grovels through kernel memory
> > > (such as ps, netstat, and a few others) that's really your only option.
> > > If the user-land binaries and /usr/lib/libkvm aren't built from the same
> > > headers as the kernel, you'll have all sorts of trouble.  The same kind of
> > > problem is what results in strange messages during startup from savecore;
> > > mine often claims that it can't find some strange ,major>/<minor> device. 
> > > 
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