From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 19:17:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7889E16A420 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:17:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE31043D7F for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:17:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 438F51A3C24; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:17:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7546F517BC; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:17:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:17:06 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: "Donald J. O'Neill" Message-ID: <20060228191706.GB84451@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060221103409.021a8808@broadpark.no> <200602280848.15780.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <20060228145251.GA80820@xor.obsecurity.org> <200602281030.16637.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200602281030.16637.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:17:16 -0000 --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:30:16AM -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > > Could you explain the logic of running mergemaster -p, when you > > > have nothing to run it on. /usr/obj was blown away at the beginning > > > of the buildworld sequence. What are you going to check at that > > > point? Please take a look at the handbook for the sequence that > > > things should occur in. I would say look at /usr/src/UPDATING, but > > > their sequence doesn't include installing the kernel anymore. > > > > He means to run mergemaster -p before make installworld, as in the > > instructions quoted at the top of this email and in > > /usr/src/UPDATING. Also, the documented sequence *does* include > > installing the kernel, so I don't know what you mean there either. > > > > Kris >=20 > He may mean that, but it's not what he said. I went by what he said. OK, but you were still confused, because mergemaster doesn't need a populated /usr/obj to do its thing (only a source tree). You can run it at any time, before during or after your buildworld. > make kernel KERNCONF=3DYOUR_KERNEL_HERE [8] > [1] > [3] > mergemaster -p [5] > make installworld > make delete-old > mergemaster -i [4] > >=20 > I just don't see where it says "make installkernel KERNCONF=3DYOUR_KERNEL= .=20 > It used to. That's where I got my original procedure from as the=20 > handbook at the time was somewhat confusing. Now the procedure in the=20 > handbook is better. 'make kernel' =3D 'make buildkernel' + 'make installkernel' Kris --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEBKGyWry0BWjoQKURAg+0AKC9u5HuLp3TQgV72VtzNirOkahavwCdEmac a/m30QWLABwLfn915ibldR0= =rUqf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM--