Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:50:33 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: "Nawfal M. Rouyan" <wind_prowler@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: diff between make release & make world? Message-ID: <19990915115033.L86648@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <19990915081741.27331.qmail@hotmail.com>; from Nawfal M. Rouyan on Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 04:17:41PM %2B0000 References: <19990915081741.27331.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 04:17:41PM +0000, Nawfal M. Rouyan wrote: > hi all, > Sorry for asking it right here but I'm not subscribed to the > freebsd-question and have trouble connecting to irc servers so that I can > pose my questions at #freebsd;). > I would like to ask about the difference between > 'make release' and 'make world'. > `make world' upgrades your system from the sources. For more information, please see the following tutorial: http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/FreeBSD/make-world/make-world.html `make release' is used to produce FreeBSD releases and snapshots, and doesn't upgrade your system. For more information, please see: /usr/src/release/Makefile > I would also like to know when is the good time to make release. Do I have > to make release after I've make world? > To `make release' you're first required to `make buildworld'. HTH, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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