Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 16:56:51 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Errant reference to "make world" Message-ID: <20031129165651.A57468@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031129102954.34660F-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:34:36AM -0500 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031129102954.34660F-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:34:36AM -0500, Robert Watson wrote: > > A co-worker of mine just wisely pointed out that the reason people keep > shooting their feet by using "make world" instead of the documented > upgrade procedure is that we keep telling them to do so (doh): > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html > > Before compiling FreeBSD-CURRENT, read the Makefile in /usr/src > carefully. You should at least run a make world the first time > through as part of the upgrading process. Reading the FreeBSD-CURRENT > mailing list and /usr/src/UPDATING will keep you up-to-date on other > bootstrapping procedures that sometimes become necessary as we move > toward the next release. > the "make world" words are a link to http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html which is very well documented, it seems difficult to do more, however maybe some parts need a rewording. > I believe we have a nice chunky section in the Developer's Handbook on > "The One Right Way", which talks about breaking out kernel and world > builds, etc. Could we just make this a cross-reference to the One Right > Way? > It's what the previous link does; I think the Handbook must contain the whole procedure to build/install a new system. Marc
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