Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:32:48 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: J D <blahbleh666@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Building Documentation for 8.1-REL Message-ID: <20100830083248.GA1499@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <SNT130-w1321EBFFE90E2F09740534FD880@phx.gbl> References: <SNT130-w1321EBFFE90E2F09740534FD880@phx.gbl>
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On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 06:53:24PM -0500, J D wrote: > > Greetings FreeBSD Team! > > I'm having difficulty building and installing a new kernel while following the handbook: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html > > it appears that this page especially is out of date. It only mentions the requirement of ssys and sbase distribution sets, but much googling (as I run into each problem) suggests that more sets of sources are necessary. I eventually installed them all, because I don't know which are necessary. Another page that could use some help is the description of the configuration file: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html > > as it no longer matches the config file in i386 very closely. > > I (and probably many others) would appreciate if these pages were corrected. Pretty please? :) > Yes, some parts need to be updated. Could you please fill-in a PR about that, it helps us to keep a track of things. -- Marc
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