From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 16 01:05:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1086016A401; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:05:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from chipmunk.ai.net (axe.ai.net [205.134.161.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC56513C44C; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:05:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (net-ix.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6]) by chipmunk.ai.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id l2G15FtM072170; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:05:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:04:57 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Marc Fonvieille Message-Id: <20070315210457.255024cc.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070315110436.GC91547@abigail.blackend.org> References: <4e2456f80703150146q25a9c96an7ce7f16dce023132@mail.gmail.com> <20070315110436.GC91547@abigail.blackend.org> Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: found --again-- something weird on handbook chapter 8.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:05:07 -0000 On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:04:36 +0100 Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 09:46:25AM +0100, Paco Cubi wrote: > > As on my mail of Wed, Mar 07, 2007 I'm reporting what I thing is a mistake > > on handbook's chapter 8.3: > > > > > > The third paragraph states "*Note:* If there is *not* a > > /usr/src/sysdirectory on your system, then the kernel source has not > > been installed. The > > easiest way to do this is by running sysinstall as root, choosing Configure, > > then Distributions, then src, then sys. " > > > > But my experience has been that before perfoming this operation make > > operation didn't started and show a "dont know how to make" message. My > > intuition told me that also the "base" of the "saurce" should be added. I > > tryed it an it worked! I believe that the third parragraph should be written > > like this: > > > > "*Note:* If there is *not* a /usr/src/sys directory on your system, then the > > kernel source has not been installed. The easiest way to do this is by > > running sysinstall as root, choosing Configure, then Distributions, then > > src, > > then sys AND BASE. " > > > > You're right, it's again a remain of the previous way used to build the > kernel. With the current way we also need the top-level Makefiles. > I'll fix the doc. > Thanks I began working on a new chapter for the kernel and world builds, as an effort to merge the chapters, keep the information together, update the current stuff, and throw in as many experiences I've had under different configurations. This work was paused when Joel noted he was concerned I was going to remove the GENERIC configuration. Since he specifically noted the yearn to keep it up to date, I dropped the extra work from my list. Perhaps there is an interest in this? -- Tom Rhodes