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Date:      01 Feb 2003 20:57:09 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why should I use `config;make depend;make...` instead of `make kernel` when building from a stock source tree? (ref. Handbook sec. 9.3)
Message-ID:  <44vg03la16.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <3E3C77F0.6050805@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <3E3C77F0.6050805@pantherdragon.org>

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Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> writes:

> There are two sets of commands you can use to build a kernel in FreeBSD:
> 
> "Procedure 1" is the old way: config, make depend, make, make
> install. "Procedure 2" is the make kernel sequence from makeworld.
> 
> Section 9.3 of the Handbook says I should use procedure 1 if I haven't
> updated my source tree.  I can understand then need to use procedure 2
> if I've updated my source tree, but why shouldn't I use it with an
> unmodified tree?

There's no reason you shouldn't.  That section of the handbook
explicitly says that you can use either procedure in that case.

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