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Date:      Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:11:23 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make buildworld problem...
Message-ID:  <99Oct28.090631est.40344@border.alcanet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19991027143653.B21727@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <NCBBIAEGCKECIGCKDPPBAEMAFJAA.tps@ncc.nextra.sk> <19991027143653.B21727@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On 1999-Oct-28 07:36:53 +1000, David O'Brien wrote:
>IF you are going to run -CURRENT, you need to read this list.

And read /usr/src/UPDATING which also warns about this

>(/me wonders how many MORE times we are going to have to say this because
>of the signal changes...)

A very large number I suspect.

IMHO, the correct solution is to for the entire make world process to
be re-worked.  I believe the process should always be to boot a new
kernel first (as bde(?) commented - it's much easier to recover from a
broken kernel than a broken world), and then install a new world.
Getting there from here is non-trivial - the major problem being that
our build process does not adequately differentiate between compiling
code that must run now and code that must run with the new kernel.

Peter
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