From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 22:53:51 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 2300916A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:53:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from redqueen.elvandar.org (cust.94.120.adsl.cistron.nl [195.64.94.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B706043D66 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:53:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) From: "Remko Lodder" To: "Eric Anderson" , "Travis McArthur" Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 07:54:41 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: <20040113041403.98B7438D@mail.elvandar.org> Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at elvandar.org Message-Id: <20040113065343.96AE52B4D63@redqueen.elvandar.org> 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 06:53:51 -0000 Possibly be true But there is a FAQ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html there, that one can use for that matters. A common thing to search for beside the handbook is the FAQ. Personally i did not read it 'yet'. But if there are no things mentioned about the make world etc. stuff I think that it would not hurt to have a good documented (sub)section of this. Cheers :) -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder Elvandar.org/DSINet.org www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping newcomers on the hackerscene -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org]Namens Eric Anderson Verzonden: dinsdag 13 januari 2004 5:14 Aan: Travis McArthur CC: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Onderwerp: Re: Make World Frequent Problems Section 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"