From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Nov 6 10:40: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB5A837B416 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:40:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id fA6Ie2V71154; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:40:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:40:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111061840.fA6Ie2V71154@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Michael Lucas Subject: Re: docs/31803: Handbook make world addition Reply-To: Michael Lucas Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/31803; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Michael Lucas To: Ceri Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/31803: Handbook make world addition Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:30:43 -0500 On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 06:15:04PM +0000, Ceri wrote: > I think it would be worth an additional note stating that this step > is intended to be repeated. But our users really do type everything in exactly as they're told, don't they? ;-) Good idea, how's this? *** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml-dist Tue Nov 6 12:36:21 2001 --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml Tue Nov 6 13:29:19 2001 *************** *** 1580,1585 **** --- 1580,1615 ---- + + + + What do I do if something goes wrong? + + + + Make absolutely sure your environment has no + extraneous cruft from earlier builds. This is simple + enough. + + &prompt.root; cd /usr/obj + &prompt.root; chflags -R noschg * + &prompt.root; rm -rf * + &prompt.root; cd /usr/src + &prompt.root; make cleandir + &prompt.root; make cleandir + + Yes, make cleandir really should + be run twice. + + Then restart the whole process, starting + with make buildworld. + + If you still have problems, send the error and the + output of uname -ato &a.questions;. + Be prepared to answer other questions about your + setup! + + -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message