From owner-freebsd-current Wed Aug 23 02:07:00 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id CAA21724 for current-outgoing; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 02:07:00 -0700 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id CAA21713 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 02:06:50 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id CAA04074; Wed, 23 Aug 1995 02:06:30 -0700 To: jdl@chromatic.com cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building and World Order In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Aug 1995 16:28:58 CDT." <199508222128.QAA07240@chrome.onramp.net> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 02:06:30 -0700 Message-ID: <4072.809168790@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: current-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > 4. Before compiling current, read the Makefile in /usr/src > carefully. You'll see one-time targets like `bootstrapld' > which *MUST* be run as part of the upgrading process. Reading > freebsd-hackers will keep you up-to-date on other bootstrapping > procedures that sometimes become necessary as we move towards > the next release. Ye gods, is THAT out of date! Thanks for bringing it to our attention! > So, where do I go from here? What are the valid (and pertinent) make > targets? Is 'install' up next? I don't see the semi-traditional > 'clean' and 'realclean', just 'cleandist'. No, world does it all. > Will all of my local utilities get updated to be the utilities that > I just build at some point? Do I even want or need to do this step > in order to run the -current kernel I just built? No, your local utilities remain untouched. If you want to update them, it's up to you. > Also, when I sup in a new update, how much of the world will I need > to rebuild? Do I need to start at /usr/src and make 'world' again? "That depends" Sorry, but that's all I can say. Sometimes you need to, sometimes you don't. The only way to know for sure is to read the -current mailing list. Jordan