Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:10:39 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/src/Makefile instructions Message-ID: <1211548239.10665.4.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0805230546140.28091@libra.sfsu.edu> References: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0805230546140.28091@libra.sfsu.edu>
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--=-L3zPns5iiYRDETDqREIj Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 05:49 -0700, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: > My professor told me about instructions being in /usr/src/Makefile > for rebuilding my world. I feel better about following them because > they are close to the command line to me and can't be out of date, right? >=20 > I am looking at this list of makes: >=20 > # check-old - List obsolete directories/files/libraries. > # check-old-dirs - List obsolete directories. > # check-old-files - List obsolete files. > # check-old-libs - List obsolete libraries. > # delete-old - Delete obsolete directories/files/libraries. > # delete-old-dirs - Delete obsolete directories. > # delete-old-files - Delete obsolete files. > # delete-old-libs - Delete obsolete libraries. > # >=20 >=20 > I am wondering if I should try these out, or will it just be > taken care of with the "cannonical" methods. I seem to have lots > of big problems with my configuration.. I don't know. Things > work, but dmesg has errors, and many ports fail and their makes, > even if they succeed have errors and warnings. >=20 > If I "delete-old-.." will I be messing things up? >=20 No, it will "Delete obsolete directories/files/libraries", with the usual meaning of obsolete. You should only need to do this when moving to a new (major?) release. I've redirected this to questions@, as this seems more like a 'User question/technical support' rather than 'General technical discussion'. Please try to keep the mailing lists on topic. Cheers Tom --=-L3zPns5iiYRDETDqREIj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkg2wkkACgkQlcRvFfyds/eK3ACeKropCSeXTWLuphSBrzt75R4b cwwAoKCCzbKtFP9i/lzDiZ8k0RwYinUX =sBsD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-L3zPns5iiYRDETDqREIj--
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