Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 13:23:29 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Two Junior Kernel Hacker tasks.. Message-ID: <20010624132329.A507@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010623224451.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:44:51PM -0700 References: <20010623225526.A564@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <XFMail.010623224451.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:44:51PM -0700, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 23-Jun-01 Peter Pentchev wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:23:35PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > >> > make buildkernel is rather easy way to work it around: in > >> > any case object tree is machine-dependent, and one yet > >> > another directory does not destroy anything. ;| > >> > >> The "make buildkernel" approach sucks for incremental > >> builds, since you are unable to avoid the "config" run > >> each time, and a lot of unnecessary stuff gets compiled > >> again because of opt_*.h files whose contents have not > >> changed (even if you defeat the clean of the compile > >> directory). > > > > About the release process, you are right, it is a bit harder > > to restart without some tweaks, but the buildkernel target > > is about as restartable as it can be. (I really don't think > > anyone would ever advocate skipping the config(8) or > > the 'make depend' stage..) > > Actually, make depend takes a relatively long time, and when > I'm hacking on a kernel, I don't want to wait 15 minutes to > build a kernel after changing one file. I compile kernels > w/o config or make depend a lot. OK, so if you're really really sure your changes do not affect the dependency graph, use -DNOKERNELDEPEND :) G'luck, Peter -- This sentence contains exactly threee erors. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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