Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:52:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Subject: Re: Alpha Install Message-ID: <XFMail.980829195245.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199808290415.WAA08888@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh, On 29-Aug-98 you wrote:
> In message <XFMail.980829002919.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> Simon Shapiro
> writes:
> : Also, dod I mention that /usr/share/mk/bsd/kern.mk is missing from
> : NetBSD
> : and the kernel's makefile sort of insists on it?
>
> make -m /usr/freebsd/src/share/mk
>
> is what I use when I'm on a machine that isn't running FreeBSD, but
> has FreeBSD in /usr/freebsd/src. I also use this when I'm trying to
> build -current kernels on a -stable machine and vice versa.
Thanx for the trick. Makes lots of sense.
> : I would have not started this, were I not been told to compile the
> : FreeBSD
> : kernel under NetBSD :-) As such, it may yet compile tonight.
>
> I'd also consider adding -U__NetBSD__ to your command compiles as
> well, otherwise things may get very confusing....
This (-U...) is already there. What appears to have been missing is the
-D__FreeBSD__
> BTW, $< is the source file for the make rule. From the make man page:
>
> .IMPSRC The name/path of the source from which the target
> is to
> be transformed (the ``implied'' source); also
> known as
> `<'.
Ah. Now can some good soul actually fix the Makefile? Or am I destined to
hack this thing to death? I do not mind, just tell me who wants the diffs.
I am building all this on a clean NetBSD, form the snapshots knwon to
install on this machine.
Simon
Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
770.265.7340
Simon Shapiro
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