From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 10 14:20:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC8F37B985; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:20:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA07312; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:20:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:20:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Vivek Khera Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels In-Reply-To: <14697.55301.614418.390096@onceler.kcilink.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Vivek Khera wrote: > So you're saying that even after upgrading from 3.4 to 4.0 you should > use make buildkernel? That seems counter to what has been discussed > before, and is way non-BSD-ish. Buildkernel internally handles tool dependency problems, where the kernel build depends on tools which were built by make installworld, but not yet installed on the system. The alternative is to post a detailed list of which bits must be installed before you can build your new kernel, each time it happens, which is error-prone and subject to people not reading their mail (oops, which is exactly what happened this time around). It's a bit different than what you're used to in FreeBSD, but you can't call it "non-BSD-ish" unless you want to also criticise "make world". You can go on using the "old procedure" if you like, but please don't post kernel build bug reports unless you've used buildkernel. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message