Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:55:53 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: sigset_t changes committed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909300948290.15490-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909291153030.31379-100000@dt014n8c.san.rr.com>
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> > Before attempting to build world, you must make and install a new > > kernel. The new kernel will contain new syscalls that are needed during > > build world. doscmd is currently not being build because it needs fixing > > first. > > Is there any way at all that we can change this process so that > building the kernel first is not required? No. > Those of us involved in > educating users about the make world process spend a lot of time telling > them not to do this. It's amazing how long and how tenaciously "one-time" > exceptions like this stick in their minds. The users are probably right in this case :-). New kernels normally don't break anything except utilities that grope in kmem. New kernels are about 1000 times easier to back out of than wrong worlds (just boot a backup kernel). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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