Re: Who is responsible for the install check goo in Makefile.inc1

From: Ruslan Ermilov (ru_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 07/30/03

  • Next message: John Birrell: "Re: Who is responsible for the install check goo in Makefile.inc1" 
    Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:24:42 +0300
To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>

    [ Moved to -current ]

    On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:12:09PM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
    > John Birrell wrote:
    [...]
    > > The installworld check for a kernel with the new sigaction promptly
    > > core-dumped sh with the unsupported syscall. I think this check should
    > > be based on sysctl kern.osreldate, not just running the new shell to see
    > > if it core dumps. Thats kind of sub-optimal because I normally associate
    > > core dumps during build/installworld with a dodgy build. In this case,
    > > the build wasn't dodgy... I just hadn't realised that I was missing a toe.
    >
    > The problem is that some of the install scripts run the host /bin/sh *after*
    > src/bin has been installed. If your sh in ${OBJDIR} wont run, you *WILL*
    > be hosed later on in the build with about a 50:50 split between old and new
    > worlds. I dont recall which scripts are the culprits, but it is a side
    > effect of "#! /bin/sh" that is on a script that is run during installworld.
    >
    > In theory, the 'make installworld' stuff copies everything needed for an
    > installworld to a /tmp directory, but it still misses a bunch of
    > "#! /bin/sh" type things. This isn't a cross build issue because the shell
    > scripts are run on the host.
    >
    > For what its worth, this test saved me yesterday when I was trying to update
    > an ancient ia64 box to -current.
    >
    That wasn't the point John was trying to make, IMO.

    I'm regularly upgrading 4.0-RELEASE to 5.x-CURRENT to check that
    the upgrade path wasn't broken, and this check comes very handy.
    I wouldn't object though if it was done using kern.osreldate.

    I'd happily test any patches in this direction for you, John.

    Cheers, 

    -- 
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru@sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru@FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer

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