Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 23:18:13 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com> Subject: Re: lastest kernel from cvs ( sh exists with signal 8 ) Message-ID: <XFMail.010121231813.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010121231244.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On 22-Jan-01 John Baldwin wrote: > > On 22-Jan-01 Donald J . Maddox wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 10:49:30PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: >>> >>> Argh! I wish people would stop using buildkernel! :-( It calls config(8) >>> in such a way that buries the warning messages where people dont see. >>> config(8) is meant to be used interactively :-( >> >> Is there another target that will get a kernel built with new tools >> in /usr/obj rather than old, previously installed binaries? > > Rarely if ever do you need the new tools. The only cases are for a binutils > upgrade that is not backwards compatible (such as the 2.9 -> 2.10 upgrade), > or > if you need a newer version of config, which can be handled by installing > config and then building your kernel. The config(8) changes won't happen in > stable, and I don't foresee anymore drastic buildkernel changes in the > future. That last 'buildkernel' should be 'toolchain'. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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