Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 12:09:34 -0500 From: Mike Patterson <mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Errant reference to "make world" Message-ID: <3FC8D2CE.4000606@cs.uwaterloo.ca> In-Reply-To: <20031129165651.A57468@abigail.blackend.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031129102954.34660F-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20031129165651.A57468@abigail.blackend.org>
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Marc Fonvieille wrote: > 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. Perhaps just re-wording the actual link using words that aren't valid whilst in /usr/src would be sufficient? ie, give a list of references instead: Before compiling FreeBSD-CURRENT, read the Makefile in /usr/src carefully. Other references are the Handbook [with a link], the FreeBSD-CURRENT mailing list [with a link], and /usr/src/UPDATING. Yes, I'd be willing to submit a patch for this. :-) (Although it would be my first one.) Mike
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