Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 09:13:45 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: required sources for kernel build Message-ID: <20030215201345.GA2667@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20030215163400.GG88018@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> References: <20030215163400.GG88018@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 08:34:00AM -0800, Nathan Kinkade wrote:
> Can anyone tell me which of the source distributions from sysinstall are
> required to build a kernel and nothing more? I tried installing just
> 'base' and 'sys', but the kernel build failed. I'm currently
> downloading the rest, but was curious which were safe to skip over in
> order to successfully run `make buildkernel`.
Only the "sys" distribution is required to build a kernel. The
"config" method is required in this case. The "make buildkernel"
method is only required if you're updating the kernel to later
versions (in which case you're required to do a "make buildworld" to
build the toolchain as well).
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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