Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:31:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>, grog@lemis.com, khera@kciLink.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007102326160.70151-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200007110609.XAA21530@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> As I recall, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > The buildkernel target is designed solely for upgrading and
> > cross-compiling purposes.
>
> That's not what Kris is saying.
Actually the "upgrading" bit is precisely what I was saying. It is true
that buildkernel won't work in the case when you *haven't* upgraded your
sources and haven't built world, and you just want to reconfigure your
kernel with different options (because buildkernel relies on /usr/obj
containing the required bits from buildworld), so in this case you have to
use the old "config; make depend; make all; make install" method.
Probably we can come up with something better which does everything -
having two methods for the two cases of upgrading and simply recompiling
your kernel is a bit confusing - but as things stand now there's no other
foolproof way to build your kernels during an upgrade, which is the point
I was trying to gte across. But that is off-topic for this mailing list
and should be taken up on -arch.
Kris
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