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Date:      Mon, 20 May 2002 18:39:07 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Jimbo <jimbo@jimbosworld.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel won't compile
Message-ID:  <3CE9A53B.8070308@owt.com>
References:  <001f01c20062$bc5cf980$3264a8c0@jimbosath2000>

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Jimbo wrote:

> Can anybody give me some input on why I can't compile a kernel?
> 
> I'm using 4.5-RELEASE, and I keep getting error 127 from mkdep when I try to
> make depend for the kernel:
> 
> ===================================
> ../../i386/i386/genassym.c
> mkdep:not found
> *** Error 127
> 
> Stop in /usr/src/sys/compile/CUSTOM.
> ===================================
> 
> I thought that I'd probably hosed something in my custom kernel
> configuration, but when I tried building the GENERIC config, I got the same
> error.  If I try doing a make with the -j4 option, I get a similar error 127
> from mkdep, but in a different location.
> 
> I found an email in the archives that discussed updating genassym.c and
> config, and I tried doing that - first CVSUPping the SRC collection, and
> then going to genassym and trying to make it - but when I did THAT, I got
> more error 127's from mkdep.


I was always under the impression that -jx only worked on buildworlds. 
I also only found that -j4 improved things when you had more than 1 
cpu. My fastest wall clock times are with no -j parameter.

Kent


> 
> This copy of BSD was installed from a CD-ROM as 4.5-RELEASE.
> 
> Can anybody shed any light on my problems?
> 
> -J
> 
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Kent Stewart
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