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Date:      Sun, 14 Jun 1998 21:37:05 +0100
From:      James Raynard <fcurrent@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
To:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't "make buildworld"
Message-ID:  <19980614213705.16740@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199806112245.IAA20341@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 08:45:10AM %2B1000
References:  <19980610210909.47826@jraynard.demon.co.uk> <199806112245.IAA20341@cimlogic.com.au>

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On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 08:45:10AM +1000, John Birrell wrote:
> James Raynard wrote:
> 
> > 2. Make includes
> > 3. Make libraries
> 
> No. If anyone tries to upgrade by installing headers as a separate step,
> they need to install libc too because there are libraries that are built
> before libc that link programs as part of their build. If those programs
> are compiled against new headers and an attempt is make to link against
> a previous libc, the link can fail.

Well, I did say it was from memory :-)  Actually, now that I think about
it, I built and installed libc before making libraries.

James


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