On Thursday, May  8, 2008 at 21:08:54 +0000, Mike wrote:
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>Hello,
>
>After a fresh install of obsd on a new server, I cannot update my system 
>to -stable.
>
>The src has been obtained from cvs in the usual manner.
>
>Here is the error :-
>
># cd /usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/conf/
># ls
>CVS                 GENERIC.MP          RAMDISK             RAMDISKU5
>GENERIC             Makefile.sparc64    RAMDISKU1           files.sparc64
># config GENERIC
<snip>
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>../../../../conf/files:1038: syntax error
>*** Stop.
># uname -a
>OpenBSD atom 4.2 GENERIC#1427 sparc64

You are still running 4.2, not 4.3.  You cannot compile 4.3-stable on a
system running 4.2.  Did you really do a fresh install?

Maurice

BTW: you can find binaries for 4.3-stable at
ftp://ftp.z74.net/pub/OpenBSD/4.3-stable/ .  Not for all architectures,
but sparc64 is available.  Of course it's up to you to decide if you
have enough trust in me to use them.