Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 04:03:42 -0600 From: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com> Subject: Re: make buildworld 5.3.0 Message-ID: <200412270403.42887.lane@joeandlane.com> In-Reply-To: <1104125047l.25420l.1l@BARTON> References: <200412261845.34625.sdhawley@eatel.net> <200412262029.30834.lane@joeandlane.com> <1104125047l.25420l.1l@BARTON>
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On Sunday 26 December 2004 23:24, jason henson wrote: > > Finally, start from where you started: > > > > cd /usr/src > > make buildworld > > make installworld > > ... etc > > > > Make sure you read /usr/src/UPDATING (all the way through) before you > > restart > > "make buildworld" > > > > good luck! > > _______________________________________________ > > Maybe he doesn't need to read it all the way through? > > 20000315: > 4.0 RELEASE shipped. Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how > to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x. > > I would recommned ready cooments through Nov after seeing his system > build date. > > Output of uname -a > FreeBSD sdhawley.eatel.net 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov > 5 > 04:19:18 UTC 2004 > > Also I would remove /usr/obj to be safe. It's in the handbook under > staying current. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Nah! Everyone should read UPDATING, and they should read it all the way through. No harm ever resulted from reading it all the way through. And none of the time spent is wasted. Funny thing is that "COMMON ITEMS" is the very next topic below the 20000315 topic that you cite. EVERYONE should read COMMON ITEMS, and they should probably do so AFTER reading the chronology. I probably rebuilt my system three or four times before I actually read it. But reading it opened my eyes to features (and potential problems) that I never imagined. Besides! You missed something of particular import from his uname: 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 His kernel was compiled by root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu, is at level #0 for the machine, and it just so happens to be on the very date (Fri, Nov 5) that the ISO image for the mini install was compiled -- I know this information because I just recently used the mini-install package. But the point is that it made me believe that the OP was building world for the very first time and would benefit from fresh sources AND from taking a moment to read about the software. I could be wrong. I was wrong not to read more before I crashed my system for the first time :) lane
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