On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Peter Wemm wrote:
> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> >
> > d'oh, did it backwards again ... buildkernel then buildworld ... let me go
> > back and rebuild kernel and see if that is all it was in my case ...
>
> Argh! I wish people would stop using buildkernel! :-( It calls config(8)
> in such a way that buries the warning messages where people dont see.
> config(8) is meant to be used interactively :-(
well, according to /usr/src/UPDATING, that is the documented way to do
things, or at least two out of 4 of them:
To build a kernel
-----------------
If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
make buildkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
make installkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
--------------------------------------------------------------
cd src/sys/{i386,alpha}/conf
config KERNEL_NAME_HERE [1]
cd ../../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
make depend
make
make install
[1] If in doubt, -r might help here.
If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
-----------------------------------------------------------
make world
Build a new kernel, see above.
To upgrade from 4.x-stable to current
-------------------------------------
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
cp src/sys/${MACHINE_ARCH}/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
make installkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
make installworld
[1]
<reboot>
If this is wrong, can we get that updated?
Even /usr/src/README references and steers ppl to buildkernel:
"The ``buildkernel'' and ``installkernel'' targets build and install the
kernel and the modules (see below)"
I have no probs with switching back to the more 'manual way' of cd'ng into
conf and using config, etc ... I just got the impression awhile back that
using buildkernel/installkernel was the recommended way of doing this, so
switched to it ...
> > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Peter Wemm wrote:
> >
> > > The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > > >
> > > > just tried to reboot with a latest build (from this afternoon), and upon
> > > > reboot, it gives:
> > > >
> > > > pid 6 (sh), uid 0: exited with signal 8
> > > >
> > > > when /etc/rc tries to run, and, of course, won't let me get to single use
> r
> > > > mode for same reason ...
> > > >
> > > > checked /usr/src/UPDATING, and nothing in there seems to apply ...
> > >
> > > We were discussing this and a couple of other related strange things
> > > that turned up. I might have broken the npx code with my last config(8)
> > > change and the corresponding #ifdefs. I have not gone back over it all
> > > again but will shortly. Given that two people have this sort of problem
> > > now, things are pointing to the npx commits somehow. You did rebuild confi
> g,
> > > right?
> > >
> > > Can you please check the opt_npx.h file in your build directory and make su
> re
> > > it has "#define DEV_NPX 1" in it?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -Peter
> > > --
> > > Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrapp
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>
> Cheers,
> -Peter
> --
> Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
>
>
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