FreeBSD 9 - make installworld

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markfisher

Hi

I am trying to upgrade/update FreeBSD 9. I followed the instructions in http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=1726 and Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html

After:
Code: 
cd /usr/src
make buildworld
make buildkernel
make installkernel

I reboot my computer to single mode and at the step
Code: 
make installworld
I'm getting an ERROR:
Code: 
ERROR: Required smmsp user is missing, see /usr/src/UPDATING.

I checked the updating and I couldn't find anything about smmsp user, and as handbook stated the
Code: 
mergemaster -p
should take care of that problem.

Can someone help me on how to pass/fix that problem.

Thanks
Mark
 
Code: 
[0wnz@pcbsd-6549] /usr/ports> pw user show smmsp
smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail Submission User:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/usr/sbin/nologin
 
1... check that it is actually in /etc/groups
2... edit the check for it out of the Makefile
OTOH if it fails that way, *and* you are not upgrading from v8, the installworld is maybe doable, but not without possibly even more problems.
(Having done the above once, I made a two-post thread recently, maybe in the off-topic section, v6 > v9)
 
Thanks for your reply

@jb_fvwm2
I installed FreeBSD 9.0 and I used csup to update the source (I'm not upgrading from older FreeBSD).

You are talking about /etc/group not /etc/groups, which it is empty. When I execute mergemaster -p, it found 2 conflicts one on /etc/passwd and the other one was /etc/group. I chose to merge them. Is it because of that my /etc/group is empty?

Thanks
 
markfisher said:
I checked the updating and I couldn't find anything about smmsp user, and as handbook stated the
Code: 
mergemaster -p
should take care of that problem.
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mergemaster -p is for "pre-buildworld". It doesn't merge anything. An actual run of mergemaster is needed. If you're going to be updating again, -Ui makes later merges quicker.
 
@wblock@

I'm going to do everything from the beginning. Can you please confirm my steps. Also I'm kind of confused on -Ui and mergemaster -p -> pre-build

1. Update Source (Option 2 from http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29172)

2.
Code: 
cd /usr/src
make -DNO_PROFILE buildworld // Do I really need this -DNO_PROFILE
make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
shutdown -r now

3. Boot to single mode (-s or Option 6 (FreeBSD 9) and then ENTER)
4. ENTER to choose default shell sh
5.
Code: 
mount -u /
mount -a -t ufs
adjkerntz -i
mergemaster -p  // Step that finds conflict between those files & merge is one of the options
cd /usr/src
make installworld // Step that Fails
mergemaster
shutdown -r now

Thanks
 
search mergemaster.sh in the forums, a few [SOLVED] may include another earlier mergemaster step in this case (or something similar).
 
markfisher said:
1. Update Source (Option 2 from http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29172)
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If you use that csup file as shown, it probably won't find any changes. It gets 9.0-RELEASE plus security updates, and that's all.

2.
Code: 
cd /usr/src
make -DNO_PROFILE buildworld // Do I really need this -DNO_PROFILE
make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
shutdown -r now
Click to expand...

NO_PROFILE is not required, and only needed if you're trying to build something small. buildkernel and installkernel can be simplified into one step:
Code: 
make kernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL

3. Boot to single mode (-s or Option 6 (FreeBSD 9) and then ENTER)
4. ENTER to choose default shell sh
5.
Code: 
mount -u /
mount -a -t ufs
adjkerntz -i
mergemaster -p  // Step that finds conflict between those files & merge is one of the options
cd /usr/src
make installworld // Step that Fails
mergemaster
shutdown -r now
Click to expand...

All the single-user mode stuff is part of the official procedure for safety. I don't do it on single-user machines. I also don't use mergemaster -p, or usually reboot until after installing world. This has worked fine for me so fa)*&^*&^$)(*&NO CARRIER

...kidding, just kidding.

Here's what I do: Building FreeBSD World And Kernel: The Short Form

Can't recall having a problem with that. If you're trying to upgrade too far in one step, like from FreeBSD 7 to 9, that could explain the missing user.
 
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