Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:17:06 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year Message-ID: <20060228191706.GB84451@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200602281030.16637.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060221103409.021a8808@broadpark.no> <200602280848.15780.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <20060228145251.GA80820@xor.obsecurity.org> <200602281030.16637.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>
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--ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:30:16AM -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > > Could you explain the logic of running mergemaster -p, when you > > > have nothing to run it on. /usr/obj was blown away at the beginning > > > of the buildworld sequence. What are you going to check at that > > > point? Please take a look at the handbook for the sequence that > > > things should occur in. I would say look at /usr/src/UPDATING, but > > > their sequence doesn't include installing the kernel anymore. > > > > He means to run mergemaster -p before make installworld, as in the > > instructions quoted at the top of this email and in > > /usr/src/UPDATING. Also, the documented sequence *does* include > > installing the kernel, so I don't know what you mean there either. > > > > Kris >=20 > He may mean that, but it's not what he said. I went by what he said. OK, but you were still confused, because mergemaster doesn't need a populated /usr/obj to do its thing (only a source tree). You can run it at any time, before during or after your buildworld. > make kernel KERNCONF=3DYOUR_KERNEL_HERE [8] > [1] > <reboot in single user> [3] > mergemaster -p [5] > make installworld > make delete-old > mergemaster -i [4] > <reboot> >=20 > I just don't see where it says "make installkernel KERNCONF=3DYOUR_KERNEL= .=20 > It used to. That's where I got my original procedure from as the=20 > handbook at the time was somewhat confusing. Now the procedure in the=20 > handbook is better. 'make kernel' =3D 'make buildkernel' + 'make installkernel' Kris --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEBKGyWry0BWjoQKURAg+0AKC9u5HuLp3TQgV72VtzNirOkahavwCdEmac a/m30QWLABwLfn915ibldR0= =rUqf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM--
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