From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 19:24:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E9616A4CE for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:24:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 080E443D1D for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:24:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from brillig.panix.com (brillig.panix.com [166.84.1.76]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CBC158B14 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:24:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01011983pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.182.142]) by brillig.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E75512AA10 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:24:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cb1zL-00017Z-00 for ; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 14:24:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:24:07 -0500 From: stan To: Free BSD Questions list Message-ID: <20041205192407.GA4211@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Free BSD Questions list References: <20041205162847.GA14129@teddy.fas.com> <20041205163718.GA34366@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20041205170834.GA15324@teddy.fas.com> <20041205172041.GA42145@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041205172041.GA42145@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 14:21:08 up 1:55, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.06 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: Re: Building world in 5.x vs 4.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:24:11 -0000 On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 06:20:41PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 12:08:34PM -0500, stan wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 05:37:18PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 11:28:47AM -0500, stan wrote: > > > > I'm building a tets machine to explore 5.3 before tackling the job of > > > > changing over a production machine from 4-STABLE. > > > > > > > > What;s the equivelant set of steps in 5.x? > > > > > > You do it exactly the same way in 5.x as in 4.x. > > > > Thanks for the education :-) > > > > I should have thought of thta. > > > > Having said thta. would it not make sense to document this in > > /usr/src/Makefile, like it is in the 4.x version of this file? > > As far as I can tell it is documented in /usr/src/Makefile in both > 4-stable and 5-stable, with exactly the same wording. > What made you think it wasn't? > Your not going to believe what a stupid user mistake this was: cd /usr/src less M* and then failed to look at the name of the file that poped up :-( Thanks for the help. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin