Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 02:11:07 -0700 From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernelbuild "the new way" (Was: APM not even a sign) Message-ID: <20020624091108201.AAA725@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10206232219280.1631-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> References: <20020624013725669.AAA723@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>
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On 23 Jun 2002, at 22:22, Annelise Anderson boldly uttered: > On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > > > So what's the downside of using the "new way" to rebuild a kernel on > > an existing system who hasn't had its source upgraded since the last > > build? > > > > That's been what I've always done - relatively new FreeBSD user that > > I am (since 4.1). Any reason not to do it that way? > > > There is no down side; on a system in which the sources for the base > system have been built and installed (i.e., installworld has been done) > they are equivalent. The kernel will end up (before it's installed) in > the /usr/obj hierarchy, however, just in case you want to build one and > not install it (e.g., building a kernel.GENERIC). > > Annelise OK, thanks for the clarification. I never did learn how to use the "config <stuff>" command. Somewhere around 4.0 to 4.2 I think is when they introduced the "buildworld/buildkernel" targets. -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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