Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:44:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels Message-ID: <14698.17321.468903.642899@onceler.kcilink.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007101416030.6216-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <14697.55301.614418.390096@onceler.kcilink.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007101416030.6216-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>>>>> "KK" == Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> writes: KK> 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. KK> Buildkernel internally handles tool dependency problems, where the kernel KK> build depends on tools which were built by make installworld, but not yet KK> installed on the system. The alternative is to post a detailed list of So if I don't have a "buildworld" /usr/obj tree sitting around, I am not supported to build a new kernel for my existing system, say, to add a new SCSI controller to a server? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-301-545-6996 GPG & MIME spoken here http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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