Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:11:01 -0400 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why/how new kernel build method succeeds after old method fails? Message-ID: <20020717231101.GA10090@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020717221043.GA28377@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20020717220728.GA9568@moo.holy.cow> <20020717221043.GA28377@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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in message <20020717221043.GA28377@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>, wrote Erik Trulsson thusly... > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 06:07:28PM -0400, parv wrote: > > now and then i see messages on -questions & -stable list stating > > that "old" (config && cd && make) kernel building method fails while > > the "new" (make buildkernel) method succeeds afterwords. > > > > i would have expected to new method to fail too. could anybody > > explain the phenomenon? > > The "old" method uses the compiler/linker/etc. that you > already have installed to build the kernel. > The "new" method uses the tools just built by a previous buildworld, > that are presumably more up to date. may be that's why i haven't experienced the problem personally! your comment seems to imply that people upgrade the source, don't go thru the install world process, and continue on to build kernel old way. according to UPDATING, one shouldn't do that anyway for versions 4.0 (20000315) onward (build the kernel the new way instead). to me, that indicates that people are not reading UPDATING carefully enough. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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