From owner-freebsd-current Tue May 28 15:16:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA07808 for current-outgoing; Tue, 28 May 1996 15:16:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA07745 for ; Tue, 28 May 1996 15:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.52]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id JAA06209 for ; Tue, 28 May 1996 09:35:06 -0700 Received: (from richardc@localhost) by soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA12849; Tue, 28 May 1996 09:29:51 -0700 Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 09:29:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Veggy Vinny To: Greg Lehey cc: FreeBSD current users Subject: Re: make world In-Reply-To: <199605280952.LAA23207@allegro.lemis.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 28 May 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > Veggy Vinny writes: > > > > On Mon, 27 May 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >> Veggy Vinny writes: > >>> > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> > >>> If make world fails, can i just do a make all install to continue > >>> where it left off or is there more make world does? > >> > >> That depends where it fails. make world does basically 4 things: > >> > >> - it removes all your old objects > >> - it builds new directories where necessary > >> - it makes all the new software > >> - it installs it. > >> > >> Clearly if it gets to the point where it's making the software, you > >> don't want to repeat the whole thing. But 'make install' doesn't > >> check whether the software has been made, so unless you get to the > >> install stage, you won't get everything installed. > >> > >> I always perform a 'make -k world' so that a problem making, say, > >> games/fish won't cause the whole thing to fail. Of course, this means > >> that I have to carefully check the make log file after the make. > > > > Hmmm, the problem with this machine is it's running 2.1R and > > using a Adaptec 2940 controller so it will always abort somewhere in the > > make all install part of the make world. > > Could be. I don't use this combination. But are you sure that's the > reason? How does it abort? Yep, it's a random signal 11 or parse error somewhere... > > so I just make all install from /usr/src but isn't that supported to > > work and just continue the process? > > Typical 'install' targets start all over again. So does this one. > You can argue whether that makes sense, but it's unlikely to change. Well, make all install is supposed to start from where it left off... it will install after it finished the complete builds.. Cheers, -Vince- richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU - vince@COSC.GOV - vince@cygnus.sy.yale.edu GUS Mailing Lists Admin - http://www.COSC.GOV/~vince UC Berkeley AstroPhysics (B.S.) - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Oakland, California USA Computing Networking Operations - Advisory Council Member Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan/Priscilla Chan Fan Club Mailing Lists Admin 1996 Estoril Blue BMW ///M3 - BMW CCA Member Golden Gate Chapter