From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 8 10:57: 0 2002 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 9215837B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 10:56:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from galilee.polands.org (new-24-208-57-240.new.rr.com [24.208.57.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB3843E42 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 10:56:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from mydomain.com (samaria.polands.org [172.16.1.17]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.6/8.12.5) with SMTP id gA8IvDAQ014840; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 12:57:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from 63.104.35.130 (proxying for 164.5.45.35) (SquirrelMail authenticated user djp) by samaria.polands.org with HTTP; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 12:56:53 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <29773.63.104.35.130.1036781813.squirrel@samaria.polands.org> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 12:56:53 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: old way of compiling kernel From: "Doug Poland" To: In-Reply-To: <20021108182916.A42835@libero.sunshine.ale> References: <20021108182916.A42835@libero.sunshine.ale> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Cc: X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.8) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Alessandro de Manzano said: > > _exactly_ why on a freshly installed system (no cvsup, no build > anything) to compile just the kernel I must use the "old way" (1) > and can't use new way (2) ? > > I've been told I can use (2) only after at least one "make > buildworld", not on a vergin system. > I don't know who told you that but it's not true for FreeBSD > 4.? where ?=2 , I think. As proof, I've done it at least a dozen times in the last 6 months. > I'm looking for a detailed explanation, technical deep :) > Sorry for lack detail, HTH anyway -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message