From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 08:32:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11EE41065696 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:32:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (ns0.blackend.org [82.227.222.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 812618FC24 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:32:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id o7U8Wnx9012965; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:32:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o7U8WnPa001535; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:32:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o7U8Wm4V001534; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:32:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:32:48 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: J D Message-ID: <20100830083248.GA1499@gothic.blackend.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Building Documentation for 8.1-REL X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:32:53 -0000 On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 06:53:24PM -0500, J D wrote: > > Greetings FreeBSD Team! > > I'm having difficulty building and installing a new kernel while following the handbook: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html > > it appears that this page especially is out of date. It only mentions the requirement of ssys and sbase distribution sets, but much googling (as I run into each problem) suggests that more sets of sources are necessary. I eventually installed them all, because I don't know which are necessary. Another page that could use some help is the description of the configuration file: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html > > as it no longer matches the config file in i386 very closely. > > I (and probably many others) would appreciate if these pages were corrected. Pretty please? :) > Yes, some parts need to be updated. Could you please fill-in a PR about that, it helps us to keep a track of things. -- Marc