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Subject: Re: New "config" program
To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes)
Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 14:10:31 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199505162001.NAA09071@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at May 16, 95 01:01:17 pm
From: dima@FreeBSD.org (Dima Ruban)
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Rodney W. Grimes writes:
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > There is a oversight in the new config program, it no longer "reminds"
> > > you to do a "make depend".
> > > 
> > > The man page says it should, and unless someone is VERY sure now about
> > > include files "make depend" still should be done.
> > 
> > This brings up an interesting question.  In the FreeBSD FAQ it says
> > that to rebuild the kernel one does:
> > 
> > 	6.0.1:		cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
> > 	6.0.2:		cp GENERIC MYKERNEL
> > 	6.0.3:		vi MYKERNEL
> > 	6.0.4:		config MYKERNEL
> > 	6.0.5:		cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL
> > 	6.0.6:		make all
> 6.0.6 make depend all

Why not just make depend all install?

> 
> > 	6.0.7:		make install
> > 	6.0.8:		reboot
> > 
> > Does this mean that no make depend is necessary, or that make depend
> > is implied as part of step 6.0.4?  Maybe an update to the FAQ is
> > necessary, or else the new config program is correct.
> 
> The faq is wrong, though the above will work, it is probably the
> #1 reason that caused Jordan to do what he did to config to rm -r
> the compile directory.
> 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -Wes
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
> Accurate Automation Company                   Custom computers for FreeBSD
> 

-- dima