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Date:      Sat, 10 Feb 2001 22:45:46 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
To:        Patrick Foley <pfoley@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: buildkernel errors 
Message-ID:  <200102110545.f1B5jkW19475@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Feb 2001 14:30:31 EST." <20010205143031.A1273@qwerty.home.lan> 
References:  <20010205143031.A1273@qwerty.home.lan>  <20010205083525.EA8013E09@bazooka.unixfreak.org> <01020516431701.10140@hellraiser.cannoncreek.com> <008501c08f95$33bd0aa0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> 

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In message <20010205143031.A1273@qwerty.home.lan> Patrick Foley writes:
: > Not only must you do a buildworld before doing a buildkernel, but you must
: > do an installworld as well.  This is most likely causing your problem, as
: > you're using an older set of build tools (gcc, etc) than what buildkernel is
: > expecting.
: 
: No no no. The whole point of the 'buildkernel' target is that
: it uses the tools built in /usr/obj (by 'make buildworld')
: rather than the tools found in your regular path.
: 
: Follow /usr/src/UPDATING to the letter.

You do not need to do an installworld (except from Feb 4 to Feb 10 due
to a bug in Makefile.inc1) before buildkernel.  After Feb 10 you don't
*HAVE* to do a buildworld before the buildkernel unless your binutils
are too old.

Warner


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