rebuild of a jail uses old DESTDIR - solved

[jdyke]

jdyke wrote:
>> i had built a jail a few weeks ago as a learning expierence, 
>> specifying a DESTDIR of /usr/jail/ssh for make world, i don't really 
>> want it to reside there long term and want to build it with less 
>> features enabled in make.conf. So now I'm trying to build another jail 
>> in another location and `make world DESTDIR=/path/to/new/dir` fails with
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>  >>> Building an up-to-date make(1)
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> make: don't know how to make /usr/jail/ssh/usr/lib/libc.a. Stop
>>
>>
>> I've run a make clean and make cleandir and tried to re run without 
>> success. i'm currently running a grep to look for the old path in any 
>> file on the whole system, /etc/ and /usr similar greps came up empty.
>>
>> How can i make the system forget about the old DESTDIR?  Should i just 
>> delete all of /usr/src and cvsup?
> 
> Hate to reply to my own post...but i've completely removed /usr/src and 
> cvsup'd in the hopes this would clear, but does not.  I also have 
> rebooted the machine, cause i'm getting desperate.
> 
> Is there anyway to clear the old DESTDIR out of there.  Its at the point 
> where i can not even rebuild the jail in the old spot, i get the same 
> error as above.
> 
> I can not run `make buildworld` without supplying a DESTDIR, so this is 
> going to hit home again then next time it try to update.
> 
> If there is a better list to post this on, i'd be glad to move it.

well, if anyone ever comes across this issue, the solution is to either clear 
out /usr/obj entirely and start over, the offending file was a .depend in 
/usr/obj/usr/src/make/.depend.  the last line was pointing to liba.c in that 
directory.

jd


> 
> Any help appreciated, thanks!
> jd
> 
> 5.4-RELEASE
> 
>>
>> thanks for any assistance
>> jd
> 
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