Re: building new version of config

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:56:54 +0530
"rvargh jo" <rvargh1%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> I have installed NetBSD 4.0.1 on a X86 box. I tried to build a 5.0
> kernel source inside the box . But when i run config i get the
> following error
> 
> # config GENERIC
> ../../../../conf/files:5: your sources require a newer version of
> config(1) -- please rebuild it.
> ../../../../ipkdb/files.ipkdb:5: syntax error
> ../../../../dev/raidframe/files.raidframe:6: syntax error
> ../../../../conf/files:1194: syntax error
> ../../../../conf/files:1198: syntax error
> ../../../../conf/files:1223: syntax error
> ../../../../conf/files:1225: syntax error
> ../../../../dev/pad/files.pad:3: syntax error
> *** Stop.
> 
> 
> 
> I downloaded the new  config.tar.gz from
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5_BETA/tar_files/src/
> 
> But when I try to make source of config.tar.gz, it complained:
> 
> mkheaders.c:58:24: error:  crc_extern.h: No such file or directory.
> 
> I am tring to update kernel with current source, so I real need the
> newer config.
> 
Use build.sh and make sure it builds the tool chain first -- a new
config is part of that process.


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