Nope. buildworld != builkernel. But buildworld does link the libraries. For
example if you have a system call and a corresponding library, buildkernel
will not be sufficient for you to allow the library call to invoke the
corresponding system call -- however a buildworld would do that.


Pavan Balaji,
Intel Corporation

    "Only the Paranoid Survive"  --  Andy Grove


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:51 AM
> To: Brian T.Schellenberger; parv; John Mills
> Cc: Balaji, Pavan; FreeBSD-questions
> Subject: Re: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds
> 
> 
> He's either quite wrong, or he meant to say
> that buildworld builds "kernel source", meaning
> ~'files needed to build kernel'  ??  If you interpret
> "libraries" as I did, that's what he meant....
> 
> "make buildworld"  !=  "make buildkernel"
> 
> KDK
> 
> From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "parv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Balaji, Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FreeBSD-questions"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds
> 
> 
> >
> > I'm pretty sure that that buildworld does *not* build kernels.
> >
> > If anybody has definitive information (like, proof) to the 
> contrary I'd be
> > interested in knowing.
> >
> > On Wednesday 17 July 2002 10:28 am, parv wrote:
> > | in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > | wrote John Mills thusly...
> > |
> > | > Pavan -
> > | >
> > | > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Balaji, Pavan wrote:
> > | > > "make buildworld" -- builds the kernel and the libraries (both
> kernel
> > | > > and user level)
> > | > >
> > | > > "make buildkernel" -- builds only the kernel
> > | >
> > | > Thanks - I didn't realize 'buildkernel' was redundant 
> to 'buildworld'.
> > |
> > | since when buildworld target starts building actual 
> kernels?  or, is
> > | there a communication problem either on my part or pavan's?
> 
> 

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