From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 1 12:52:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.cybersurf.net (smtp2.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FB4F37B4D7 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:52:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [209.197.159.130] ([209.197.159.130]) by smtp2.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id G3D5YZ00.E71; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:52:11 -0700 From: 01031149@3web.net To: Mike Meyer , questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:20:51 mst7mst MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: WTF!! Building from source X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.50 Message-Id: <20001101205218.2FB4F37B4D7@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 1 Nov 00 at 5:27, Mike Meyer wrote: > leoric@home.com types: > > I have read things from the FreeBSD webpage, archived mailing list > > posts, and /usr/src/UPDATING. The proper way to build world and build a > > kernel from source is different in each of these. > Be warned that some of the things that can be set in /etc/make.conf > can cause the method with config to break, and some can cause the > system to be unbootable until the intallworld is done. Hi Mike.... I probably shouldn't do this to the thread, however to me it begs the question... In light of another current thread on this list, "beginners with bsd" and the various recommendations therein, it would seem that your above warning points to a FBSD deficiency that would absolutely and totally collapse a computer and/or FBSD newbie's experience with same. What would you see as necessary changes to FBSD to preclude such an experience/event and perhaps cast FBSD in something other than a "not-for-the-faint-hearted" OS and still retain *all* the flexibility that *nix "power-users" require/demand? As always, I look forward to your comments. Tia... -duke Calgary,Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message