From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 10 20:42:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC5B37BBA6 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:42:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA45596; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:42:41 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id VAA01241; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:42:38 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200007110342.VAA01241@harmony.village.org> To: Vivek Khera Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:44:09 EDT." <14698.17321.468903.642899@onceler.kcilink.com> References: <14698.17321.468903.642899@onceler.kcilink.com> <14697.55301.614418.390096@onceler.kcilink.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:42:38 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <14698.17321.468903.642899@onceler.kcilink.com> Vivek Khera writes: : 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? No. You misunderstand. The buildkernel is only needed when you are updating your kernel. If you do not update the sources via cvs, cvsup or other means, then you can just cd to the src/compile/FOO directory and build it again after you configured. This is needed only for upgrades when you have updated your sources. Sometimes you can get away without doing this, but if you can't then please try the official way before posting bug reports. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message