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Date:      12 Nov 2002 12:03:55 -0800
From:      swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen)
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-docs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make world or make buildworld
Message-ID:  <y6smy6ftck.my6@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <3DD137AC.4030802@centtech.com>
References:  <3DD137AC.4030802@centtech.com>

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Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> writes:

> Which is the appropriate term nowadays?

They're each appropriate in some context.

> I seem to think make world is deprecated and make buildworld is the
> "right" way.

I've seen claims that "make world" (which is similar to doing "make
buildworld && make installworld") works just fine, and it might do so
most of the time, but most people prefer to play it safe and "make
buildworld", "make kernel", reboot to check the new kernel, and then
"make installworld" (omitting some details which you can easily find
with groups.google.com or the FreeBSD handbook.

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