From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 14 10:29:44 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 10:29:41 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.tdb.uu.se (mail2.tdb.uu.se [130.238.18.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20EAE37B402 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:29:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from rackarberget.uu.se (rackarberget.it.uu.se [130.238.18.38]) by mail2.tdb.uu.se (8.8.8/8.8.8/STUD_1.1) with ESMTP id TAA04261 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:29:20 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ertr1013@localhost) by rackarberget.uu.se (8.9.1b+Sun/8.8.8/STUD_NULL_1.1) id TAA15415 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:28:29 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:28:29 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: FreeBSD-stable Subject: Re: new kernel build method? Message-ID: <20001214192829.A15271@student.uu.se> References: <3A390FFF.CD3370E6@quake.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A390FFF.CD3370E6@quake.com.au>; from kaltorak@quake.com.au on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 05:22:55AM +1100 Sender: ertr1013@mail2.tdb.uu.se Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 05:22:55AM +1100, Kal Torak wrote: > Hiyas, > > Just hoping I can get something clarified.. > I saw in a post to this list a few days back about how were not > *supposed* to compile kernels using the old method in the latest > stable, at least I think it was this list... > > But what is the old method? Is the old method doing: > cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > /usr/bin/config KERNEL-NAME > cd ../../compile/KERNEL-NAME > make dep > make > make install > Yes, that is the "old" method. (Except it is "make depend" not "make dep".) > Are we meant to be doing it from /usr/src using: > make buildkernel KERNEL=KERNEL-NAME > make installkernel KERNEL=KERNEL-NAME > Yes, but note that this only works if you have done a "make buildworld" first. > Or a totally different way, that post has got me totally confused > now :( > I thought that was just for upgrading since the new world hadn't > installed yet using the other way wouldn't work... > The "old" version should still work fine if the source you are building from is the same as the world you are currently running was built with. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message