From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 21 02:48:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA03472 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 02:48:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wormhole.starfleet.gov (root@ppp6166.la.inreach.net [199.107.160.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA03465 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 02:48:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from voyager.starfleet.gov (voyager.starfleet.gov [192.160.60.3]) by wormhole.starfleet.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5-STARFLEET) with ESMTP id CAA10101 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 02:49:00 -0700 Received: from localhost (dburr@localhost) by voyager.starfleet.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA02045 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 02:48:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: voyager.starfleet.gov: dburr owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 02:48:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: dburr@voyager.starfleet.gov To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: "make" the "world" a better place -- how? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've got some questions about running "make world" that I haven't really found the answers for. 1. How much disk space do I need to run "make world"? (I assume that I need this space in the same partition as the /usr/src stuff, plus some room in the various /tmp directories to hold compiler output, correct?) 2. Is "make world" the only command I need to run? (i.e. do I have to, for example, run "make depend" before doing it, and/or "make install" afterwards?) 3. Will "make world" overwrite my configuration files (I have a lot of them, like /etc/sendmail.cf, /etc/amd.map, /etc/rc.local, etc.)? Need I back them up before running it? 4. Last, if I cannot or do not want to run a full "make world" for various reasons (not enough disk space, etc.), can I make a "subset" of "make world"? For example, if I made changes to the C library (libc), can I just rebuild and install that piece only? Or if I make changes to the "sendmail" command only? IF so, what are the commands to do this "sub-build"? Thanks for your help in answering these. Donald Burr - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 564-1871 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT.