Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:47:51 -0700 From: "Balaji, Pavan" <pavan.balaji@intel.com> To: "'Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.'" <kdk@daleco.biz>, "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, parv <parv@pair.com>, John Mills <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu> Cc: "Balaji, Pavan" <pavan.balaji@intel.com>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds Message-ID: <3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18703BC5BC9@fmsmsx116.fm.intel.com>
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Nope. buildworld != builkernel. But buildworld does link the libraries. For example if you have a system call and a corresponding library, buildkernel will not be sufficient for you to allow the library call to invoke the corresponding system call -- however a buildworld would do that. Pavan Balaji, Intel Corporation "Only the Paranoid Survive" -- Andy Grove > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. [mailto:kdk@daleco.biz] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:51 AM > To: Brian T.Schellenberger; parv; John Mills > Cc: Balaji, Pavan; FreeBSD-questions > Subject: Re: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds > > > He's either quite wrong, or he meant to say > that buildworld builds "kernel source", meaning > ~'files needed to build kernel' ?? If you interpret > "libraries" as I did, that's what he meant.... > > "make buildworld" != "make buildkernel" > > KDK > > From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> > To: "parv" <parv@pair.com>; "John Mills" <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu> > Cc: "Balaji, Pavan" <pavan.balaji@intel.com>; "FreeBSD-questions" > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:59 AM > Subject: Re: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds > > > > > > I'm pretty sure that that buildworld does *not* build kernels. > > > > If anybody has definitive information (like, proof) to the > contrary I'd be > > interested in knowing. > > > > On Wednesday 17 July 2002 10:28 am, parv wrote: > > | in message > <Pine.LNX.4.21.0207170924000.4674-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>, > > | wrote John Mills thusly... > > | > > | > Pavan - > > | > > > | > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Balaji, Pavan wrote: > > | > > "make buildworld" -- builds the kernel and the libraries (both > kernel > > | > > and user level) > > | > > > > | > > "make buildkernel" -- builds only the kernel > > | > > > | > Thanks - I didn't realize 'buildkernel' was redundant > to 'buildworld'. > > | > > | since when buildworld target starts building actual > kernels? or, is > > | there a communication problem either on my part or pavan's? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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