From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 10 22:42: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E0E37B5A7 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:42:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@cup.hp.com) Received: from adlmail.cup.hp.com (adlmail.cup.hp.com [15.0.100.30]) by palrel3.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DECB3C1; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:42:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cup.hp.com (p1000180.nsr.hp.com [15.109.0.180]) by adlmail.cup.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with ESMTP id WAA12219; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:42:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <396AB3B0.7B2608BB@cup.hp.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:42:08 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar Organization: Hewlett-Packard X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Stanaford Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels References: <20000711051912.20018.qmail@web3103.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Richard Stanaford wrote: > > > I think the buildkernel and installkernel have been "promoted" to a > > function they are not designed for. I don't think these targets are fit > > to be "the only supported" targets and should not be advocated nor > > evaluated as such. > > So we will have to continue to be judicious in the use of buildkernel... i.e > only in the context of tracking changes committed to STABLE. Changes to the > local system, such as hardware upgrades, will require rebuilding the kernel > with the "old" method. Right? The buildkernel/installkernel targets can be used most (if not all) of the time. The problem I'm seeing is more of user friendlyness and/or fault tolerancy. They are currently also behaving a bit differently than when building a kernel by hand (ie the actual way). These issues need to be addressed first before you promote these targets as "the one and only supported" procedures. > In other words, is now more than one way to hang ourselves. We just need to > make sure to choose the correct rope. *snicker* 8-) No. Either rope is evenly correct to hang yourself. You need to choose the correct situation :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message