kernel build error upgrading 11 -> 11i

[Enrique Galdú]

I am upgrading a L2000 from HP-UX 11 to 11i (december 2003).
It has failed when building the new kernel with this error:

* Building the kernel
NOTE: Building a new kernel based on template file "/stand/system"
WARNING: No such device, tunable, or cdio num_tachyon_adapters.
Ignoring the following line.
num_tachyon_adapters 5
/usr/lbin/sw/bin/mkdir -p /stand/build
Compiling /stand/build/conf.c...
Loading the kernel...
aCC runtime: ERROR: Unexpected use of shared libraries
aCC runtime: ERROR: Read aCC manpage, +A option
/usr/lib/nls/loc/locales.1//C.iso88591
sh: 26607 Abort(coredump)
*** Error exit code 134

Stop.
make failure.
ERROR: The kernel build failed. See the /var/adm/sw/swagent.log for details.
Do not attempt to reboot the system before the new kernel is
successfully built. An attempt to do this could result in an unusable
system which would require recovery from backup. Because the system
is in a partially updated state, many common system commands will not
run correctly. However, there are some common commands available in
/usr/lbin/sw/bin that were built archived and they should work in
this environment.
NOTE: One or more errors encountered. Take appropriate corrective action
and re-run update-ux to complete the update.

======= Wed Jan 21 17:06:44 2004 END update-ux

Is there a way to fix this problem?
Thank you for your help

[Steven E. Protter]

The problem may not be fixable.

update-ux has undergone what appears to be a pretty catastrophic failure.

Perhaps there was not enough disk space allocated to the /usr or /stand filesystems.

I've never been a big update-ux fan.

If you want to work on it, copy the vmunix file from the Core OS cd prior to booting the machine.

At least then the machine will boot.

More likely you need to recover the system back to 11.00 with your ignite tape and plan a cold installation followed by application upgrade.

SEP

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

I haven't used update-ux so far. But I am surprized to see "Ansi C++" compiler showing up in the errors. As far as I know, kernel is compiled with C. what are the parameters
CC and CKRN defined in your /stand/build/config.mk file?.

-Sri

[Enrique Galdú]

Hi,
the parameters are:
CKRN= /usr/ccs/bin
CC= $(CKRN)/cc

and this compiler is not linked to aCC.
ll /usr/ccs/bin/cc
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 12 Jan 21 12:55 /usr/ccs/bin/cc -> ./cc_bundled
ll /usr/ccs/bin/cc_bundled
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 208896 Nov 14 2000 /usr/ccs/bin/cc_bundled

[Dietmar Konermann · Accepted solution]

Looks like an NLS related problem... the path /usr/lib/nls/loc/locales.1//C.iso88591 sounds like your LANG variable is C.iso88591. Try to unset LANG before restarting the update. The locale(1) command should list LANG= and "C" for all others.

Best regards...
Dietmar.

[Enrique Galdú]

You are right, the problem was with the LANG variable.

I have completed the update executing:

#echo $LANG
C.iso88591
#unset LANG
#update-ux -kernel_build


Thanks everybody.