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Date:      Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:20:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812151317440.1354-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199812152044.PAA24309@laker.net>

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On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Steve Friedrich wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:07:38 -0800 (PST), Jason C. Wells wrote:
>
>>make depend
>>make
>
>I see people suggesting to do a make depend frequently.  Isn't this
>performed by default when no target is specified?  Is this just extra
>cautious??  I haven't been doing it, either when building kernels or
>buildworld's...

What I know is this about kernel builds. The 3.0 config doesn't wipe out
the entire compile directory any more. One of the main developers told me
that because of this it is imperative to "make depend" prior to building.
More than that I can't explain. My "make" book is at a friends house.

Catchya Later,		|	UW Mechanical Engineering
Jason Wells		|	http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/


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