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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: New "config" program
To: wsantee@wsantee.oz.net (Wes Santee)
Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 13:01:17 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: michaele@mxim.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
In-Reply-To: <199505161803.LAA05961@wsantee.oz.net> from "Wes Santee" at May 16, 95 11:03:15 am
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> 
> > 
> > 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

> 	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
> 
> 


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