Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 20:33:39 +1300 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world issues Message-ID: <19991018203339.27470@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <380716A4.20961526@scc.nl>; from Marcel Moolenaar on Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 01:57:24PM %2B0200 References: <380716A4.20961526@scc.nl>
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On Friday, 15 October 1999 at 13:57:24 +0200, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > Some flaws in the "make world" became apparent when the sigset_t > datatype changed. One of the biggest problems right now is that we don't > have an upgrade path from -stable to -current. Especially with 4.0 being > released early next year. I want to start a discussion here on how to > properly implement make world. I start of with known issues/problems and > some points that are not necessarily problems. Following that I give an > indication of what I'm thinking about by summing a number of design > "points" that I have in mind. I finish with the notion that you can help > :-) > > Known issues/problems: > P1. the upgrade path is broken. > P2. aout to elf seems to be broken too. > P3. no cross compilation. > P4. buildworld must be performed as root. > P5. sys.mk pollution. > > Questionable issues: > P6. no kernel is made as part of world. I don't have a problem separating world and kernel. But building the klds should be part of building the kernel, not making the world. This is just for the record: I think peter is looking at this, and it may get fixed soon. But if you are planning to restructure the build, it's a point to bear in mind. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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