FreeBSD 8-Current AMD64: not compiling world, core dump with new kernel

[O. Hartmann]

Johan Hendriks wrote:
>> Hello.
> 
>> I've trouble compiling world on a FreeBSD 8.0-CUR/amd64 box. uname is as 
>> follows:
> 
>> FreeBSD thusnelda.geoinf.fu-berlin.de 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #5 
>> r185330: Wed Nov 26 08:29:58 UTC 2008
> 
>> I've cvsup'ed the most recent sources, but as the weeks before, 
>> compilation of 'world' stops at this point:
> 
> < snip >
> ...........
> ...........
> ...........
> < /snip >
> 
>> Also, the kernel dated as the uname output shows is the only one that 
>> boots correctly on this box (DELL Poweredge 1950 with two XEON CPUs, 
>> dmesg follows). I can compile a kernel with the most recent sources, but 
>> the kernel crashes when booting (this happens also on a dual core Lenovo 
>> Thinkpad and affects another SMP box also, but not my private UP box). 
>> But this is another issue I will report separately.
> 
>> Can anyone help fixing the problem above? I deleted the stuff remaining 
>> in /usr/obj/ and started with a freshly 'svn update', but without 
>> success. I guess there is something out of sync, but don't know what.
> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Oliver
> 
> Do you use -jx to do a buildworld ?
> If so do the buildworld without -jx 
> I have 2 systems running 8.0-CURRENT, and both do not compile with -jx, but do build fine without the -jx option.
> See also the build with -j3 fails thread.
> 
> Regards
> Johan Hendriks


You're right, I used -j8. Without a buildworld performs well. I will see 
if the core dump problem vanishes when everything is in sync.

Thanks
Oliver