From owner-freebsd-current Mon May 27 10:00:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA25169 for current-outgoing; Mon, 27 May 1996 10:00:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA25164 for ; Mon, 27 May 1996 10:00:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from richardc@localhost) by soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA09945; Mon, 27 May 1996 10:00:38 -0700 Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 10:00:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Veggy Vinny To: Greg Lehey cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world In-Reply-To: <199605271204.OAA24013@allegro.lemis.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 27 May 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > Veggy Vinny writes: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > If make world fails, can i just do a make all install to continue > > where it left off or is there more make world does? > > That depends where it fails. make world does basically 4 things: > > - it removes all your old objects > - it builds new directories where necessary > - it makes all the new software > - it installs it. > > Clearly if it gets to the point where it's making the software, you > don't want to repeat the whole thing. But 'make install' doesn't > check whether the software has been made, so unless you get to the > install stage, you won't get everything installed. > > I always perform a 'make -k world' so that a problem making, say, > games/fish won't cause the whole thing to fail. Of course, this means > that I have to carefully check the make log file after the make. Hmmm, the problem with this machine is it's running 2.1R and using a Adaptec 2940 controller so it will always abort somewhere in the make all install part of the make world, so I just make all install from /usr/src but isn't that supported to work and just continue the process? Cheers, -Vince- richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU - vince@COSC.GOV - vince@cygnus.sy.yale.edu GUS Mailing Lists Admin - http://www.COSC.GOV/~vince UC Berkeley AstroPhysics (B.S.) - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Oakland, California USA Computing Networking Operations - Advisory Council Member Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan/Priscilla Chan Fan Club Mailing Lists Admin 1996 Estoril Blue BMW ///M3 - BMW CCA Member Golden Gate Chapter