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Date:      Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:59:32 +0200
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        Joel Hatton <freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to tell if /usr/obj is up to date?
Message-ID:  <42F9C1F4.4000006@cs.tu-berlin.de>
In-Reply-To: <200508100040.j7A0eMrh079897@app.auscert.org.au>
References:  <200508100040.j7A0eMrh079897@app.auscert.org.au>

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Joel Hatton wrote:

> Is there any way to use make in /usr/src to tell if my object tree is up
> to date? 
> 
> Situation: 
> 
> I cvsup my sources and do the make buildworld / buildkernel / installkernel
> / installworld steps. Later, I cvsup again to update for a vul that doesn't
> require world to be rebuilt (such as FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib) and install.
> [...]

First of all the security advisory gives detailed instructions to patch 
your system without rebuilding the whole world.

To build the world without clearing /usr/obj you need to use

   make -DNO_CLEAN buildworld

See also make.conf(5).


Regards Björn


-- 
Björn König (bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de)
student at the Technische Universität Berlin
http://bkoenig.alpha-tierchen.de/



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