On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Bryan <bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/2/2010 12:32 PM, Marc Espie wrote: >> >> No, it's more complicated than that. It obviously installs mk stuff, then >> include, then it builds libs and install them, then it builds everything >> else and installs it. >> >> It's not a complicated bootstrap procedure like in freebsd land, it >> assumes >> you already have a mostly working system (for instance, it takes no >> precautions >> for compiler bootstrap). >> >> follow release(8), find out the step you missed (most likely make obj) and >> proceed from there. You definitely want a clean build before you play >> >> (snide remark: you think you're smart, so you took shortcuts. Well, think >> again. And anyone who can follow instructions can actually build OpenBSD >> fairly easily. ;-) ) >> > > I missed building "make obj" on a few occasions. It happens if you are > typing in things too quickly, or it's late at night. I got into the habit > of using a script that I built from the faq to build each (kernel, userland, > X). > > The most recent thing I did was move /usr/obj, /usr/xobj/, /usr/build, and > /tmp to a ramdisk to allow for faster building, and also began using the > "-j" on make. I forgot that I could do that. Makes things way faster. But > I only did the scripting and changes when I knew what I was doing, and I had > enough RAM. > > for example, here is my script to build my kernel: > > #!/bin/sh > > cd /usr/obj > rm -rf * > cd /usr/xobj > rm -rf * > cd /usr/build > rm -rf * > cp /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC.MP . > config -s /usr/src/sys -b . GENERIC.MP > make clean && make depend && make && make install
What if for some reason /usr/obj doesn't exist? what will it remove? :-) -B
