From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 2 22:48:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C1D0106566C for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 22:48:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm12.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (nm12.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [98.139.52.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC0108FC14 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 22:48:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.52.189] by nm12.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Nov 2011 22:35:27 -0000 Received: from [98.139.52.169] by tm2.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Nov 2011 22:35:27 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1052.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Nov 2011 22:35:27 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 386553.59623.bm@omp1052.mail.ac4.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 25398 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Nov 2011 22:35:26 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1320273326; bh=Loj/AAHr1wTTdtPocWCw6lMYOnp9PO/Aw2KvqfA4Ucs=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=kwl2ilxkko2W5s1jt+hwNaIpFyzudPD7uX9Su0EH7u3bFrxpMJhGo5b9KoIm4WD4kKSEU7/qALGogsawrj70SwqUqV/GHSJC7LP0HSpegHu1MlnCcro2oFnGtjoJpRaN/RNUQ+gYVW1R3RQvpb0disClxu3rO57wFLqRVUYXrkE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=sKgTWfQmsGq8LHpZlkm0Z29aZj73KcOToQXuLSYsGRia1wXSvVLaseLbUh28dJDetC2KjjM1HaKuErp14hpiziQ/npCJqviWjkQEAthpd4esk/N4zbgvgvI+1sTTrxcFGps/dUH3aqsOxk0RD0QCD6b6JrJj07JhPbO7DxxMqk4=; X-YMail-OSG: OLH8zTUVM1lUXo9t37oIFm5f3cl08GwJ8TRb0x8CEiaj661 xL7o1NY07 Received: from [98.203.44.66] by web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:35:26 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.325013 References: <2F2D8B00-E534-4B34-A91F-2CA290086E7E@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1320273326.17536.YahooMailNeo@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:35:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Make buildworld don't run X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:48:28 -0000 ________________________________ From: Michael Powell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 4:00 PM Subject: Re: Make buildworld don't run Zantgo wrote: > I write "make buildworld", this is the answer: > > #make buildworld > make: don't know how to make buildworld. Stop Since this works just fine for all those who have learned how to use FreeBSD I can only assume this indicates you do not know what you are doing. > PS: I use FreeBSD 9.0 RC1, and I try to follow current This is a poor choice for anyone new to FreeBSD. There are mainly 3 branches of FreeBSD to consider: -CURRENT is for developers and other contributors working on the next version of FreeBSD, -STABLE is somewhat in the middle in that it will have patches for problems that have been fixed in current and merged back to earlier release versions of code, and RELEASE. There is also a SECURITY branch where only security patches are updated to RELEASE. Since it is obvious you do not know what you are doing the best place for you to begin is RELEASE. Install and begin using a RELEASE version as a learning tool. This means version 8.2! The Handbook may have pieces which are old and could stand updating, but largely it is _THE_ reference you should be working your way through as you proceed to learn FreeBSD. The greatest bulk of what you need to learn is in there. It comes in versions other than English too: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/es_ES.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html If your only exposure to date with computers has been with Windows and you are looking to expand your reach, you will first find that the *Nix world is heavy on reading documentation and trying to figure stuff out for yourself first, before splattering help channels with every little thing that comes along. Once you have made some intial effort you will find that you are in a better position to provide better details on how we can help you. We cannot help you with the effort you need to make in learning the basics, and these basics are all contained in the documentation. I will make no effort to address your error. First of all, you should not be starting in FreeBSD with a release candidate and following -CURRENT. Your error is the result of trying to jump over learning what you need to know. -Mike _______________________________________________ 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" Is it just me or does someone need to choke this guy. We all had to start somewhere and granted this guy's question was a newbie one, but please get off your soapbox. It's amazing how you make no effort to help this person yet you have the time to make alot of effort to ridicule. Your entire response could have been as simple as: cd /usr/src I work with people all the time who complain that they have no time to help you yet they have all the time in the world to send a lame e-mail complaining about how they have no time to help you. Lighten up ... life is too short,