From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Dec 18 22:12:26 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 643E9A4BD64 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:12:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo1@abv.bg) Received: from smtp-out.abv.bg (smtp-out.abv.bg [194.153.145.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CD417B2 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:12:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo1@abv.bg) Received: from nm21.abv.bg (mail91.ni.bg [192.168.151.140]) by smtp-out.abv.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CFD256EEFC; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:12:23 +0200 (EET) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=smtp-out; d=abv.bg; c=simple; q=dns; b=g+w1Bc3XUh0cIGUC4Zpw8tOh4sW+BrpzXnrRM6hwbrSr3EIt4ZN5VgUIK0oaZxC0r te0ScV4vfmzVZCINnacnWMQwPu1UYx1ftJj9ZRe/Y05scf3PUJlhTJdLs7W/GaseKZw XugbsQrPd7btQA9dzW3AYYdwYB2SULWT/1M72lg= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=abv.bg; s=smtp-out; t=1450476743; bh=rfD5RtcP8VPfsa7KZgF+7V+4T+Os7QrGUyioWJB+NyU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Subject: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:DKIM; b=l5VEx+u10dyFlPEUqTMiN8rWeLubKgFJdm14om2fUK6r+lZJ94xtgUjdWqEopAJHI 0PT5o45A83MBYI6HePWxFCfLrncOqMzvc5RHjsgUufC9ndgu/ASCkp85w+uKLtbO9w PRcEk0Q9vqgut1Tf89/d1psvmFPHv9RO8J8lO9ys= Received: from nm21.abv.bg (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nm21.abv.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D981201CE; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:12:23 +0200 (EET) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:12:23 +0200 (EET) From: Georgi Manov To: Ben Lavery Cc: "kpneal@pobox.com" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <434277691.1525422.1450476743512.JavaMail.apache@nm21.abv.bg> In-Reply-To: <151b70cefa8.b8cd96ae27686.3199154379942807395@hashbang0.com> References: <1171783145.1510695.1450455797069.JavaMail.apache@nm21.abv.bg> <20151218201307.GB87773@neutralgood.org> <151b70cefa8.b8cd96ae27686.3199154379942807395@hashbang0.com> Subject: Re: Kernel compile error MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: AbvMail 3.0 X-Originating-IP: 81.109.242.199 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:12:26 -0000 Thank you very much both for your answers. This is a huge, huge help! I actually thought I have broken the source tree or my compiler somehow. Apologies for the initial email, I just saw how it looked like, it's inexcusable, I'll be verifying my emails(of that kind) in future. > > On 18 Dec 2015, at 20:13, "kpneal@pobox.com" wrote: > > > > > Try compiling > > GENERIC first. Then remove one or two options and recompile. Repeat until > > satisfied. > > Having stumbled across “random”—everything seems random and hard when you first start—errors compiling my first kernel this was the approach I took. It was a long process on my laptop, but I got there in the end :)