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Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 23:32:24 -0500
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>
Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make
  yer kernels
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At 08:49 PM 7/9/00 -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>Subject basically says it all. "make buildkernel KERNEL=<whatever>" and
>"make installkernel KERNEL=<whatever>" (or set KERNEL in /etc/make.conf or
>the environment, where KERNEL is the name of the kernel to build (GENERIC,
>etc)) are what you should always be using to build your kernels, unless
>you know what you're doing.
>
>This will automagically use the correct build tools for the job, and will
>solve problems like the one a lot of people are seeing since the binutils
>upgrade.
>
>Summary of Officially Sanctioned Update Procedure:
>
>make buildworld
>make buildkernel
>make installkernel
>shutdown (drop into single-user mode)
>make installworld
>mergemaster

cd /dev
sh MAKEDEV

Or is this the reason for the NO_MAKEDEV in make.conf.

>reboot
>
>Depart from the above procedure at your own risk. Thankyou :-)

Oh goody!  ;)


Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net
Systems/Network Administrator
FreeBSD - the power to serve



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