Is that the reason why "make installworld" produces errors sometimes during its execution in 5.1. And afterwards many commands coredump. Needless to say requiring a complete reinstall. should I do "make world" in such cases instead of "make buildworld" & "make installworld"? -thanx -aaron<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> >>What exactly does "make world" do?...i know sometimes i accidently type >> it >>instead of buildworld.... > > It will do both the make buildworld and the make installworld without the > break in between that is > often/sometimes needed as in the recient Current upgrade. > > hope this helps. > > >> > On Nov 26, 2003, at 8:25 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> >> "make world"? Really? You don't mean "make buildworld"? >> >> I guess the "world" target really does need to be removed. >> > >> > Yes. Or fixed to do something more reasonable...? >> > >> > --- Makefile~ Sat Nov 29 00:02:13 2003 >> > +++ Makefile Sat Nov 29 00:18:07 2003 >> > @@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ >> > @cd ${.CURDIR}; ${MAKE} pre-world >> > .endif >> > @cd ${.CURDIR}; ${MAKE} buildworld >> > + @cd ${.CURDIR}; ${MAKE} buildkernel >> > + @echo >> > "--------------------------------------------------------------" >> > + @echo ">>> About to run mergemaster & 'make install*' targets" >> > + @echo >> > "--------------------------------------------------------------" >> > + @echo " >> > + @/usr/src/usr.sbin/mergemaster/mergemaster.sh -p >> > + @cd ${.CURDIR}; ${MAKE} -B installkernel >> > @cd ${.CURDIR}; ${MAKE} -B installworld >> > .if target(post-world) >> > @echo >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -Chuck
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