From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 26 6:49: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6577837B897 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:48:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id GAA11695; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:48:16 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda11693; Sun Mar 26 06:48:08 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id GAA03350; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:48:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdTq3347; Sun Mar 26 06:47:15 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id GAA28467; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:47:13 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003261447.GAA28467@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdP28463; Sun Mar 26 06:46:33 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Kenneth W Cochran Cc: Matt Loschert , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions source-upgrading 3.4-s to 4.0-s In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 Mar 2000 15:44:25 EST." <200003242044.PAA00854@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:46:32 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200003242044.PAA00854@world.std.com>, Kenneth W Cochran writes: > >From loschert@servint.com Fri Mar 24 14:02:06 2000 > >Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:55:23 -0500 (EST) > >Subject: Re: Questions source-upgrading 3.4-s to 4.0-s > > > >On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Kenneth W Cochran wrote: > >> It appears that my new 4.0 system (& the new C compiler) will be > >> built using the 3.4-stable tools; is this ok? I'm guessing that > >> the "last step(s)" of this process is to re-gen (cvsup/make > >> [build, install]world...), just as I've always done with 3.x. > > > >Before building your new 4.0 userland, the buildworld process > >builds the 4.0 compiler (gcc-2.95.2) (along with other build > >tools), and then uses that to compile everything (including > >recompiling the compiler). > > So buildworld runs in its "own complete isolated" environment? > IOW, buildworld uses its "own" tools, etc., & doesn't need ie. > /bin, /usr/bin ... ?? (Except for a few basic things, like the > compiler (with which to "bootstrap" itself?"... :) Actually it doesn't. It upgrades /usr/bin/make before it begins building anything else. If you're building and testing on a separate disk, you can copy 3.4 to that disk, chroot, and build. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message