From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 06:54:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA01661 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 06:54:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from super.zippo.com (perry.zippo.com [207.211.168.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA01655 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 06:54:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reyesf@super.zippo.com) Received: (from reyesf@localhost) by super.zippo.com (8.8.6/8.8.7) id GAA24838; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 06:53:52 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199712051453.GAA24838@super.zippo.com> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "Greg Lehey" Cc: "hackers@freebsd.org" Date: Fri, 05 Dec 97 09:53:28 -0400 Reply-To: "Francisco Reyes" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 1.95a For OS/2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel? Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:13:39 +0800, Greg Lehey wrote: >> I was wondering if there would be any problems with creating a script >> for some of the steps of building a new kernel. >> config kern1 >> cd ../../kern1 >> make depend >> make all >> make install >Why not? Of course, you could simplify it. The end user (ie me) gains nothing by typing more. On my new computer it doesn't take all that long, but I remember on my previous one things would take forever. The problem with running each line individually is that you can not start it before you go to bed and come and get the results in the morning.