On Thu 09 Sep 2010 at 08:35:29 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Regardless, when it comes to building world and kernel, you should > follow the instructions in /usr/src/Makefile (there's 11 steps). Do not > skip steps, and do not avoid steps (such as doing installkernel then > skipping the boot-into-single-user step before doing installworld; this > may work the majority of the time, but I've seen cases where /libexec > binaries don't get updated without going into single-user, and the > result is a system that breaks immediately).
Fortunately, I was not upgrading anything, just reducing my kernel size a bit (well, almost by half) by eliminating support for hardware that isn't applicable. Sources and installed kernel and userland were the result of ``freebsd-update'' so they should all be up to date and in sync. I'm now trying a cross-build run, I'm curious how it compares with NetBSD. (NetBSD always builds (cross-) tools when building the world. In particular when building a major upgrade this is convenient, since then you can always be sure to be building with up-to-date tools) -Olaf. -- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
