From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 20 02:17:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823872A4 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:17:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-x22d.google.com (mail-wi0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22d]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F38E01CD3 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:01:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f173.google.com with SMTP id hq4so1316786wib.12 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=iK0orEsInmXUGNt9yg4Jmp3Vo8qUBDpGti/if31VZ6s=; b=j5aqDpF3FPZqy3ho/p0Y9R80vVgMeLNii/23v5mNrka4U899NuBDKtmnvyPX8yQtDd uj8A9CNy5xg96Kp/liYUzFNqrsUxcZfIAaYwvdEtcMgEZ/W+GounydT5qzcI0clBgBGi twj1xTatKzECBDDOEKsllkiQLCkE+VUuJpGbuBAu4bw+bcQeobpihxXGH6lMOsPt9/Ls R9QUaWDOyG12wXc+QFMmnMX5g8q6vLxgxjmTm7flg1YMZMoXF99cKOufB1AgRfLxS+T/ ijRO7uIKj7W0fVojvzdMRs4Sw1iAnPseEWmE+X+BmbfMlT3au/iKG/l2K51iAREiCXSA X3PQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.249.129 with SMTP id yu1mr4281027wjc.10.1371693671603; Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.103.41 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <023e01ce6d47$dab08470$90118d50$@hain-global-consulting.com> References: <023e01ce6d47$dab08470$90118d50$@hain-global-consulting.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:01:11 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: broken instructions for buildkernel From: Adam Vande More To: Tony Hain Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "doc@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:17:02 -0000 On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Tony Hain 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