Subject: Re: Kernel build fails on 1.4.1
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/28/1999 14:26:22
> [ mkdep(1) failure with no useful error message ]

Since mkdep isn't giving a specific error,  the likely reason is that the
execv(3) of "cc" failed. The likely reason for that is that the comp.tgz
distribution set wasn't installed. A less likely reason would be that $CC
was redefined in the environment to point nowhere.

If in fact it's just an uninstalled set, the simplest fix is just to untar
comp.tgz from / as root. Don't bother booting into sysinst.  Use the `p'
option, or use `pax -r -p e -z'.

Note: other mkdep failures, but probably not this one, can often be fixed
with something like "cd .../compile; rm -f -r GENERIC" and then starting
over.

	ross