Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:41:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Silver <dsilver@urchin.com> To: Brent Kearney <brent@kearneys.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel build fails Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0208071137560.9563-100000@danzig.sd.quantified.net> In-Reply-To: <20020807113450.A33453@kearneys.ca>
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On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Brent Kearney wrote: > > Hello, > > I installed FreeBSD 4.5 from CD, created a custom kernel config, > ran 'config MYNEWKERNEL', 'cd ../../compile/MYNEWKERNEL ; make > depend ; make', and the build fails. I updated the sources > using cvsup, then tried again, (after a 'make clean'), and got > the same results. > It does this consistently, and using the 'make buildkernel > KERNEL=MYNEWKERNEL' method gives the same results (last part > of the output is below). Something must be missing... Any > constructive suggestions are most welcome. > > Thanks, > > Brent > > [snip] I've seen it recommended that due to changes in certain configuration files (bsd.*.mk I think), it's best to do your compiling from /usr/src like so: make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYNEWKERNEL Then, if that builds properly, you just need to execute this: make installkernel KERNCONF=MYNEWKERNEL This has worked very consistently for me across numerous systems. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doug Silver Network Manager Urchin Software Corp. http://www.urchin.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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