Subject: Re: etcupdate fails in NetBSD 3.99.17
To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rub=E9n_Gonz=E1lez?= Arnau <ruben@cirdanetireth.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 03/19/2006 20:15:43
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:41:27 +0100 (CET), Rub=E9n Gonz=E1lez Arnau
<ruben@cirdanetireth.com> wrote:

> Trying to upgrade to -current I see this error
>=20
> ./build ... distribution
> ./build ... install=3D/
>=20
> It was fine, but using etcupdate ...
>=20
> # etcupdate
> assertion "c < NCHARS" failed: file "/usr/src/dist/nawk/b.c", line 890,
> function "cgoto"
> [1]   Done                    stty -a |
>       Abort trap (core dumped) awk "/columns/{w...
> *** Creating /tmp/temproot
> *** Populating /tmp/temproot from /usr/src
> assertion "c < NCHARS" failed: file "/usr/src/dist/nawk/b.c", line 890,
> function "cgoto"
> [1]   Abort trap (core dumped) MACHINE=3Di386 MAC...
>=20
> Any idea how to fix it?
>=20

Per other discussion on current-users, update nawk and rebuild it.

Of course, I'm having trouble trying to run cvs today (yes, I have
reported it to admin).

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