Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:20:29 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: rsstan@yahoo.com, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, keith.mackay@home.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bioscall.s Message-ID: <200007180020.RAA17343@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <20000717233823.B78153@freebie.demon.nl> from Wilko Bulte at "Jul 17, 0 11:38:23 pm"
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As I recall, Wilko Bulte wrote: > 20000706: > Binutils were updated. In order to build a kernel after this > date, you must follow the updating proceedure for building kernels > exactly as presented here. You may be able to get away with doing > it the old way, but if it breaks, make sure that you've tried the > "To build a kernel" section with a fresh /usr/obj first. Could someone please offer a brief explanation about the nature of the change to the binutils? How are they different such that the kernel build method needed change? My original understanding was that the new method used the tools in /usr/obj instead of in /usr/bin, in order to build kernels with freshly built tools, rather than the tools from the previous build. Late postings imply something more complicated has happened. Is that true? -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.net DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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