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Date:      Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:40:31 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        minimarmot@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel build procedure for 5.4->6.0Beta
Message-ID:  <20050716.164031.87741040.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <47d0403c050716131672b1d382@mail.gmail.com>

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In message: <47d0403c050716131672b1d382@mail.gmail.com>
            Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> writes:
: List -- I am in the process of upgrading via source build from
: 5.4-Release to 6.0Beta, and I am curious about a discrepancy in the
: kernel build procedure.  The handbook
: has as a normal build procedure for a regular update to "make
: buildkernel; make installkernel", whereas UPDATING has just "make
: kernel".  UPDATING, of course, has precedence, as stated in the
: handbook, but I am curious what (if any) difference
: there is in the two procedures, and why different procedures are
: preferred for these (seemingly similar) situations.
: Can anyone enlighten me?

make kernel is the same thing as make buildkernel installkernel.
UPDATING likely got changed after this was noiced, but the handbook
didn't.

Warner




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