Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:53:12 -0800 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: too much confusion over kernel building Message-ID: <20010118075317.900E03E09@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> of "Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:40:17 %2B0200." <20010118094017.A6927@rapier.smartspace.co.za>
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> On Thu 2001-01-18 (20:22), Dan Langille wrote: > > It might be because it doesn't work. The following box works with the > > "old" style, but fails with the "new" style: > > There'll probably be a 'nm' error somewhere above. I've asked people to > comment, including Marcel, and haven't got any replies. > > The "new" style should be the same as the "old" style. If it's broken, > fix the "new" style, don't suggest the "old" style. I'm in the same boat. I always thought that buildkernel would revert to using the installed binaries if there's nothing useful in /usr/obj. If the source tree you're building is the same as the running one, it shouldn't fail. Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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