From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 23 13:39:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B66106564A for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 13:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 626F88FC16 for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 13:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so347558nfh.33 for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 06:39:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; bh=pc8X9fwrIS3Yds2Oy13vOJ0DlYfoFv6Kv5ysq4abYlo=; b=uMAxHeWrX0d8W5Mld/VyrpmzEDdBvh1aMQJMFBeRzIvnOCkvTcV7oCDO1RbxzqxxmxMGX6swuK1Ihr1Sv2JMrXQRY72m73uimf9p0bi5enLXHTtiK7NtryQtU5FpudUI2dH4ISPz2Ot4o/o6uQsumACod8ne+10uVETPevmkrx0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=a8o9jjwklpU3HCx2wiwhxrIXpfSltL36LRxou1HILrcy2patPncMoKwsIS9mjgoZvYYoGGOAVk7pww0lNRm1kbxyKdWQSF6jDgIw1/Wpw1zEgVCrYIyJYzgIqP80rjEE90gBN2ek1IUa2ighWmDB1yfmjdt4H7D41KG/JgNMwHQ= Received: by 10.210.39.2 with SMTP id m2mr1143477ebm.169.1211548244208; Fri, 23 May 2008 06:10:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? ( [217.206.187.80]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t12sm10148698gvd.10.2008.05.23.06.10.41 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 23 May 2008 06:10:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Evans To: KAYVEN RIESE In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-L3zPns5iiYRDETDqREIj" Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:10:39 +0100 Message-Id: <1211548239.10665.4.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/src/Makefile instructions X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:39:49 -0000 --=-L3zPns5iiYRDETDqREIj Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 05:49 -0700, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: > My professor told me about instructions being in /usr/src/Makefile > for rebuilding my world. I feel better about following them because > they are close to the command line to me and can't be out of date, right? >=20 > I am looking at this list of makes: >=20 > # check-old - List obsolete directories/files/libraries. > # check-old-dirs - List obsolete directories. > # check-old-files - List obsolete files. > # check-old-libs - List obsolete libraries. > # delete-old - Delete obsolete directories/files/libraries. > # delete-old-dirs - Delete obsolete directories. > # delete-old-files - Delete obsolete files. > # delete-old-libs - Delete obsolete libraries. > # >=20 >=20 > I am wondering if I should try these out, or will it just be > taken care of with the "cannonical" methods. I seem to have lots > of big problems with my configuration.. I don't know. Things > work, but dmesg has errors, and many ports fail and their makes, > even if they succeed have errors and warnings. >=20 > If I "delete-old-.." will I be messing things up? >=20 No, it will "Delete obsolete directories/files/libraries", with the usual meaning of obsolete. You should only need to do this when moving to a new (major?) release. I've redirected this to questions@, as this seems more like a 'User question/technical support' rather than 'General technical discussion'. Please try to keep the mailing lists on topic. Cheers Tom --=-L3zPns5iiYRDETDqREIj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkg2wkkACgkQlcRvFfyds/eK3ACeKropCSeXTWLuphSBrzt75R4b cwwAoKCCzbKtFP9i/lzDiZ8k0RwYinUX =sBsD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-L3zPns5iiYRDETDqREIj--