Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:01:11 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Tony Hain <tony@hain-global-consulting.com> Cc: "doc@freebsd.org" <doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: broken instructions for buildkernel Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK1xidv5ukt_7gWwhRaUzCO44x9Txk6wxsJBP905LWbBiQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <023e01ce6d47$dab08470$90118d50$@hain-global-consulting.com> References: <023e01ce6d47$dab08470$90118d50$@hain-global-consulting.com>
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Tony Hain <tony@hain-global-consulting.com>wrote: > If buildworld is a prereq, why isn't that in the instruction sequence? Even > if it is only required once, on a fresh install it should be possible to > look at the FreeBSD docs and build a custom kernel without hitting errors > and having to search for hints. > It isn't a prereq. Those instructions have remained largely unchanged for years for a reason. You were following instructions on how to build a new kernel when in fact you were trying to upgrade FreeBSD. Use these steps and you'll get a lot farther: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading.html -- Adam Vande More
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