Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 19:25:25 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Krzysztof Parzyszek <kristof@swissmail.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting kernel name in buildkernel Message-ID: <20030528172525.GA7197@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20030528155915.GA72304@antares.student.iastate.edu> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCECIDOAA.FBSD_User@a1poweruser.com> <20030528155915.GA72304@antares.student.iastate.edu>
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On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 10:59:16AM -0500, Krzysztof Parzyszek wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 11:22:21AM -0400, FBSD_User wrote: > > Copy /kernel to different name, say kernela, and then recompile > > kernel source containing changes and it will replace /kernel, then > > copy /kernel to different name, say kernelb. > > [...] > > Thank you, but I must have been not clear enough about not doing > it manually. I have done it the way you described and I find it > annoying. That's why I asked if there is a more convenient way, > i.e. a flag to set before buildkernel/installkernel or something > like that. Actually there is a way, but it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere outside of the makefiles and commitlogs: make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL INSTKERNNAME=mykernel make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL INSTKERNNAME=mykernel will build/install a kernel using the name 'mykernel' instead of the default 'kernel' -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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