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Date:      Thu, 28 Feb 2019 05:18:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
To:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 12.0 RELEASE i386 can not build a kernel?
Message-ID:  <201902281318.x1SDIjOn056480@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2DzKF3Kxid91d73hW7PMO6dJ4K=OmZNPKpmyC9_%2BHgHMQ@mail.gmail.com>

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> On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 at 03:50, Rodney W. Grimes
> <freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> >
> > Now the begging question, why isnt the toolchain as shipped
> > already properly built?
> 
> The required toolchain is included in 12.0-RELEASE i386 - the linker
> is /usr/bin/ld.lld. It just needs to be specified explicitly if build
> via a method other than make buildworld or kernel-toolchain followed
> by buildkernel.

Why is this not included in the /usr/src; make buildkernel target?

> 
> I wanted to ship 12.0 i386 with lld as /usr/bin/ld, but held off on re
> and portmgr's advice due to ports fallout.

Is there a release note item describing that kernel building now
requires specical procedures to build a kernel?

This is a POLA issue.

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org



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