From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 24 19:44:52 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA21578 for current-outgoing; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 19:44:52 -0800 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA21567 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 19:44:46 -0800 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin [198.145.90.50]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id TAA05641; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 19:44:44 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id TAA00171; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 19:44:32 -0800 Message-Id: <199511250344.TAA00171@corbin.Root.COM> To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: follow-up to kernel compile problem... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 Nov 95 22:39:59 EST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 19:44:32 -0800 Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> >user mode? someone had mentioned that they are going into single >> >user mode each time *shrug* >> >> No, you only need to do the make world's occasionally. If you watch the >> commit mail (which you should be doing if you are SUPing -current), then >> you'll see what is being changed, why it is being changed, and when you need >> to rebuild something. > > And these 'commit's get email to? is there a commits@freebsd.org >list that I forgot to join? :( Yes, check with majordomo to get a complete list. >> It's not necessary to shut down to single user. It is a good idea if you do >> the 'make world' when the system is mostly idle, however, as unusual transient >> things might happen to the users during some phases of the build. >> > What happens if you do a make world? does it install the made software >as it is made, or wait until everything is compiled and then install it? >I know its a relatively...lame...question, but I'd rather ask it then find >out it does move it over as compiled, and end up with a hybrid system because >something just didn't compile completely (like libkvm right now... :( ) Some things that are needed during the bootstrapping are built and installed - the compiler, libraries, etc., during the installation. Then after everything else has been built, everything is installed. This all happens as part of 'make world'. -DG