Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 08:16:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Loren Koss <loren@pciway.com> To: john b p melesky <jmelesky@dynamictrade.com> Cc: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Build Kernel woes.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010050816030.77303-100000@unix.pciway.com> In-Reply-To: <39DC9A91.9C217D6F@dynamictrade.com>
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I thought make buildworld cleans the object tree as its first thing? Is that wrong? On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, john b p melesky wrote: > > I have a question... If I CVSUP again, do I have to build the whole world > > again before I can build the kernel? > > Yes, but... > > If you don't delete the /usr/obj/ directory, make world is a great deal > quicker, as it only updates stuff that has changed. > > The rationale for deleting it regularly is that, over time, dependancies > can change and strange errors can slip in that are easily avoided by > recompiling everything. However, with a difference of a day or so, > you'll probably be fine not deleting it. > > Of course, YMMV. > > -johnnnnnnn > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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