Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 00:18:55 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Francisco Reyes <reyesf@super.zippo.com> Cc: "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel? Message-ID: <19971205001855.20597@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199712050750.XAA25888@super.zippo.com>; from Francisco Reyes on Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 02:50:07AM -0400 References: <199712050750.XAA25888@super.zippo.com>
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Francisco Reyes scribbled this message on Dec 5: > I was wondering if there would be any problems with creating a script > for some of the steps of building a new kernel. What if any would be > the problem with having a script which does: > > config kern1 > cd ../../kern1 > make depend > make all > make install > > If such script was created it should check the return code of the > make command to make sure there were no problems. what's so hard about typing this? and how about: config kern1 && cd ../../kern1 && make depend && make all && make install also, if you get fancy, you could replace kern1 with $1.. but of course, what about when you want to pass -n to config, and -j4 to make all? it's not hard to type yourself... plus, there are to many varibles... also, make depend isn't needed if you don't config -n the kernel, (unless you do a -j4 on the kernel build)... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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