On 5/06/2010, at 7:45 PM, Jan Stary wrote:

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> On Jun 04 16:22:35, Uwe Dippel wrote:
>> Jacob Meuser <jakemsr <at> sdf.lonestar.org> writes:
>>
>>> oh good grief.  you had a dirty /usr/obj.
>>>
>>> just look at the pfctl snippet of the log you posted.  do you see pfctl
>>> being built?  do you see pfctl being installed from /usr/obj?
>>
>> Oh, yes. So the blame is on my side, I guess. Mea culpa maxima!
>> I didn't know that the object directories need to be cleaned manually.
Until
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>> yesterday, I would have taken a bet that the object directories lie within
the
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>> source trees (/usr/xenocaram /usr/src), and be cleaned when cleaning the
>> sources. Now I am aware that I need to know the location of the object
>> directories and clean them manually.
>
> More importantly, you have now read all of
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html
> Right?
>
>> Still, may I suggest, that the next Upgrade Guide gets an extra line, with
a
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>> remark pointing out the existence of /usr/obj; and the suggestion to clean
it?
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> So you still _haven't_ read
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldUserland ?
> Cleaning /usr/obj is the very first line.
>
I wanted to understand where I was going wrong in my patching
because it sounded similar to what Uwe is doing.

In my case I was *just* following the errata patch instructions, and that's
*not* enough, depending on the patch.  So, RTFM, FAQs 10.15 and 5.3.5
in my case.

Thanks ... I've learned something.

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> Why would anyone waste any more time on you?
>
>> Thanks for the various people who helped me patiently at
>> analysing this problem to the very end!
>
> You didn't read the documentation, screwed up, and wasted
> everyone's time with nonsensical speculationas. End of analysis.
> You are welcome.