From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 28 16:00:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E0E816A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:00:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22E6143FCB for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:00:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from mail.messagingengine.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9990C37B7B8; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:58:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from 10.202.2.150 ([10.202.2.150] helo=mail.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:58:23 -0500 X-Epoch: 1067385503 X-Sasl-enc: /JGViT5iRq/utZ7jK5kMlQ Received: from sparky (dialup-67.74.71.147.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.71.147]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B006B37B70C; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:58:21 -0500 (EST) To: Jason Williams , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <5.2.1.1.0.20031028135413.00b13e78@pop.courtesymortgage.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20031028135413.00b13e78@pop.courtesymortgage.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20031028140704.02fa2360@pop.courtesymortgage.com> Message-ID: From: Jud Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:58:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20031028140704.02fa2360@pop.courtesymortgage.com> User-Agent: Opera7.21/Win32 M2 build 3218 Subject: Re: Problems with 'make world' stuff X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:00:18 -0000 On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:09:24 -0800, Jason Williams wrote: > Once I had my sources updated, I did the following: > > I booted into single mode: > > cd /usr/src > make buildworld > > cd /usr/src > make buildkernel > make installkernel > > I rebooted to test the kernel and that is where I ran into trouble. I > did not type make installworld as suggested in the handbook. It said to > test the kernel first. > > I was told I did not have to run mergemaster since this was a brand new > install of 4.8. Is that incorrect? > > I appreciate your help. If the new kernel boots, that's fine. Just continue on with the rest of the Handbook procedure. After you have installed the new world, run mergemaster, and rebooted, then you can test your userland (apps/utilities like top and ps). Stick with the Handbook procedure. Customized build procedures *usually* work (otherwise people wouldn't use them), but the folks who build FreeBSD try to ensure that the steps outlined in the Handbook will pretty much *always* work. BTW, there's a prescribed step I don't see above. Before buildworld, you should update any config files necessary for buildworld by running mergemaster -p (mergemaster with the "pre-buildworld" option). See Section 21.4.3 of the Handbook at . Jud