Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:27:04 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: too much confusion over kernel building Message-ID: <200101180927.WAA14914@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010118042437.A41992@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> References: <20010118091839.7C8D13E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:18:34AM -0800
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On 18 Jan 2001, at 4:24, Donald J . Maddox wrote: > I agree. Frankly, there is no reason I can think of where the use of > buildkernel/installkernel would be in any meaningful way superior to > the old method *except* in the case of a toolchain upgrade that requires > new tools to build the new source. There is the added advantage that the "new" method involves fewer steps. And That Is A Good Thing (tm), especially for people new to FreeBSD. If they get get a kernel to compile and work the first time, without problems, it gives them a *big* boost. The few steps, the hard to mess up. cheers -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary - http://freebsddiary.org/ FreshPorts - http://freshports.org/ NZ Broadband - http://unixathome.org/broadband/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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