Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:28:32 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r331686 - head Message-ID: <2963143.tibTdn2gMF@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <3653AD2C-F427-4BE7-874C-FF3AF3BDA85D@FreeBSD.org> References: <201803281651.w2SGp59K069533@repo.freebsd.org> <3653AD2C-F427-4BE7-874C-FF3AF3BDA85D@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 09:54:41 PM Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 28 Mar 2018, at 18:51, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > Author: jhb > > Date: Wed Mar 28 16:51:05 2018 > > New Revision: 331686 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/331686 > > > > Log: > > Expand remaining instances of 'make kernel' to buildkernel + installkernel. > > > > The 'kernel' target is a bit more obscure compared to buildkernel and > > installkernel. > > The 'kernel' target doesn't seem that obscure to me, it is clearly > documented in build(7), right? In my opinion, the main advantage of > separate build and install steps is that you can run the former as a > non-privileged user, while only having to run the latter as super-user. I think it is still obscure even if in build(7). That said, after I had done the commit I had a similar thought that splitting up the build and install steps is useful in its own right, whether that is due to doing builds as unprivileged, or doing builds on one machine or installs on another. -- John Baldwin
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