From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Jan 8 2:30:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E5A537B41A for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 02:30:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g08AU2L92562; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 02:30:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 02:30:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201081030.g08AU2L92562@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: misc/33595: libc breaking in -STABLE Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/33595; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: "f.johan.beisser" Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33595: libc breaking in -STABLE Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 12:24:48 +0200 On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 11:59:52 PST, "f.johan.beisser" wrote: > it seems that it would be a bit odd to not be able to rebuild a small > section (such as libc) alone, should it need replacement or an upgrade. You're confusing two different issues. You can build libc standalone, possibly with local modifications, so long as you're building it on a synchronized system. You can upgrade your system using a ''make world'', thus acquiring such a "synchronized system". The fact that you thought you'd be able to build a standalone version of libc that is not synchronized with the system suggests that you haven't understood the FreeBSD operating system, which provides a tightly coupled userland and kernel. This is very different from Linux, where there's a tendency to mix and match bits and pieces. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message