From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 20:13:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAFF416A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:13:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from otter3.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85BC543D1D for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:13:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from webmail.centtech.com (otter3.centtech.com [10.177.173.12]) by otter3.centtech.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id i0D4Dg6T046796; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:13:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from 192.168.42.24 (SquirrelMail authenticated user anderson) by otter.centtech.com with HTTP; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:13:42 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <49666.192.168.42.24.1073967222.squirrel@otter.centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <002401c3d987$6cd81a20$3200000a@Petra> References: <002401c3d987$6cd81a20$3200000a@Petra> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:13:42 -0600 (CST) From: "Eric Anderson" To: "Travis McArthur" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Make World Frequent Problems Section X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 04:13:45 -0000 Travis McArthur said: > Hello, > > I have been working with FreeBSD for several years now, and have used make > world often to update my system. I used the handbook to do this, however, > I still had several minor issues. Originally, these problems took me a > while to figure out, mostly because I had no idea how to fix them, but > once one learns how, they are simple stupid problems such as an incorrect > CMOS clock. However, the handbook doesn't mention most of these issues, > and if it does, it does so in a very short manor. > > I am interesting in possibly writting a sub-section for the make world > section of the handbook detailing some common issues/errors that make > world produces, which are also easily solvable. I think this could also > reduce some questions on the other mailinglists reguarding small errors > such as "touch not found", etc. > > Wanted to check to see if anyone believes this would be useful or no > before I begin writting, and if it would be useful, common problems that > you have experienced. I could see it being very useful if done correctly. I think the "make world" usage should be removed from the handbook, personally. People who are going to the handbook most likely will only break things badly with a make world, versus someone who knows the difference between when to use a make world and make buildworld. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Anderson anderson@centtech.com Centaur Technology You have my continuous partial attention -------------------------------------------------------------