From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 16:13:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3924F16A4CE for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 16:13:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFCFD43D45 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 16:13:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pergesu@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 58so1148114wri for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:13:18 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=rIsOEwt61kSWhBwowelDTh8QtXNoWcaNZpIDj/0rxLvTGFqOD9avwZfVrWTyljQA/lDGZM2WGYIa9UKL6C6K21Iy7a98VD52vAQKvtgYGE7iZ9xtyh/GJGU0zV00Js3Sfg0unK8KIfpE+B6Q4+jF+iGLFsf5BiPF6RXYzOXkS2g= Received: by 10.54.2.60 with SMTP id 60mr953306wrb; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:13:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.42.28 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:13:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <810a540e05040809135e846cac@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:13:18 -0600 From: Pat Maddox To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <0a0a0a0a.20050408090054.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <0a0a0a0a.20050408090054.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> Subject: Re: Build kernel vs build world X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pat Maddox List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 16:13:21 -0000 You're right, building the world is building all the base binaries. It should be done while you're building the kernel: # make buildworld # make buildkernel kernconf=CONF # make installkernel kernconf=CONF # make installworld # mergemaster Here's a good guide on everything you need to do to update your machine: http://layer0.layeredtech.com/showthread.php?t=2 On Apr 8, 2005 10:00 AM, Joshua Lewis wrote: > Is there a difference between building a world and building a kernel? > > Common sence is telling me building world rebuilds all the execuables and > config files or something a little more intense then just the kernel. > > However I have not been able to find any instructions on how to "build > world" not even in the handbook. I found building a kernel and was able to > do that with no problems. But I would like to update my system with any > security updates that have occured since 5.3 has come out. > > Thanks for any tips. > > Thank you, > Joshua Lewis > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >