FreeBSD src broken?

[Polytropon]

On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 23:48:03 +0000, Waitman Gobble wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 7:38 PM Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:24:42 -0600, Waitman Gobble wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Updating src following handbook.
> > > > svn update
> > > >
> > > > updating src fails with checksum mismatch on llvm-objdump/COFFdump.cpp
> > > >
> > > > I found some suggestions about deleting the directory and trying update
> > > > again. Stops on same file.
> > > >
> > > > is this a problem with the source repository?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > I deleted /usr/src and re-fetched src, seems to be working. I guess
> > > svn update 'usually works'. but not always?
> >
> > Did you previously install (using src.txz) / update / overwrite
> > the /usr/src subtree with freebsd-update?
> >
> 
> i don't remember, maybe. I have waited for the Intel bs to settle before
> updating, i decided its been long enough :)
> 
> deleting /usr/src and pulling a fresh copy solved my problem.

I think that might have been the reason: SVN doesn't like to deal
with a directory tree it didn't checkout itself. :-)

NB: "Combining" portsnap and svn usually leads to this specific
kind of problem. Removing the existing tree and starting with a
new one typically fixes the problem.


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