Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 05:27:59 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: leoric@home.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WTF!! Building from source Message-ID: <14847.65087.529538.447033@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <11210943@toto.iv>
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leoric@home.com types: > I have read things from the FreeBSD webpage, archived mailing list > posts, and /usr/src/UPDATING. The proper way to build world and build a > kernel from source is different in each of these. First, there are two ways to build a kernel from source, and you need to use different ones in different cases. UPDATING always talks about rebuilding things with updated sources for everything; if that's what you're doing, you should follow that one (which is make buildworld/buildkernel/installkernel/installworld). Without a specific URL, it's hard to say what "the FreeBSD webpage" is talking about, but I assume you're talking about the "config/make depend/make install" (give or take a make) method. That one can be used if you're building a kernel from sources that are already installed and running. However, you can also do "buildkernel/installkernel" if you've already done the full world/kernel/kernel/world dance, and not deleted /usr/obj. Be warned that some of the things that can be set in /etc/make.conf can cause the method with config to break, and some can cause the system to be unbootable until the intallworld is done. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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