Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:07:45 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, Ian Barnes <ian@cerebellum.za.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: errors in 'make buildworld' Message-ID: <200301282307.45106.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20030129063107.23532.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030129063107.23532.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tuesday 28 January 2003 10:31 pm, Bsd Neophyte wrote: > --- Ian Barnes <ian@cerebellum.za.net> wrote: > > If you rebuilding your kernel, why are you typing make buildworld? > > for a kernel recompile you should type: make depend, make, and make > > install (and > > make clean), but not make buildworld. > > much earlier, i was having some questions about building a new > kernel, considering the documentation about the kernel rebuilding > processes is not very good. (Sections 9 and 21 should be combined > instead of isolated, imho.) > > the steps that were agreed upon were the following: > > 0 # (be root) > 1 # cd /usr/src > 2 # make buildworld > 3 # make buildkernel KERNCONF=3D<the-file-with-your-kernel-config> > 4 # make installkernel > KERNCONF=3D<the-file-with-your-kernel-config > 5 # shutdown -r now You won't see this step anywhere. A shutdown now is not the equivalent=20 of a boot to single user mode. The whole point in the reboot is testing=20 your kernel before you do the installworld. > 6 # make installworld > 7 # mergemaster -i > > these are what i am following now. > > i see you are recommending i use the "traditional way." do you think > it will aleviate my problems? Probably not but it works just fine if you haven't done a cvsup of=20 src-all. The accepted method is then what you have listed but with a=20 boot instead of a shutdown. Most signal errors in compiles are hardware errors. Kent > > -Sameer/usr/ports/net/rsync > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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