From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jul 19 11:17: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4312237B400 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1DD7A43E58 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 11:17:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 12730 invoked by uid 0); 19 Jul 2002 18:17:01 -0000 Received: from p5091008d.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (HELO mail.gsinet.sittig.org) (80.145.0.141) by mail.gmx.net (mp011-rz3) with SMTP; 19 Jul 2002 18:17:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 61297 invoked from network); 19 Jul 2002 17:57:47 -0000 Received: from shell.gsinet.sittig.org (192.168.11.153) by mail.gsinet.sittig.org with SMTP; 19 Jul 2002 17:57:47 -0000 Received: (from sittig@localhost) by shell.gsinet.sittig.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id g6JHvcP61282 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:57:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sittig) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:57:38 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel config problem with 4.6-STABLE... [solution] Message-ID: <20020719195738.Y1494@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020717152215.00a79df0@dns1.popstick.com> <000601c22e72$58b76a80$fb00000a@promethium> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000601c22e72$58b76a80$fb00000a@promethium>; from markd@cogeco.ca on Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:46:56AM -0400 Organization: System Defenestrators Inc. Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:46 -0400, Mark D wrote: > > If anyone is interested, I have the solution. > > After the buildworld I configured my kernel the "old way" (config > KERNEL; make depend;make;make install). Using Make buildkernel > KERNCONF=KERNEL;make installkernel KERNCONF=KERNEL worked nicely. Maybe > it's not the perfect solution, but it did the job and I'm not > complaining. It might have been mentioned in the thread before, but I feel like repeating it once more. And don't just take the "you" as you, Mark. It's the general you as in "the list subscribers and anyone who feels like fiddling with the source tree". Don't make the above buildworld/buildkernel sequence sound like a mere workaround. It is the one and only supported way to to it, it is described in detail in UPDATING (which you are supposed to read should you upgrade from the source). It is the official way to build a kernel. You are not allowed to cry "it's broken" if you did not run this very sequence. Only if buildkernel fails (which might need some recent tools which is why a buildworld with the same dates / revisions as the kernel source tree has to preceed it) is when "the tree is broken and needs fixing". And in this case it still could be your fault due to a local make.conf or something. UPDATING and the handbook can tell you the whole story should you want to be safe. Of course you are free to work with the source whatever way you wish to. You might get away with compiling your kernel "the old fashioned way". But you are supposed to know what you are doing. Should you fail the blame is yours completely. :) And should you insist in going your own way of building the source you are supposed to (be able to) help yourself should you fail to succeed. virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message