Re: Questions source-upgrading 3.4-s to 4.0-s

[Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kenneth W Cochran 
writes:
> >From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Fri Mar 24 14:02:06 2000
> >Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:55:23 -0500 (EST)
> >Subject: Re: Questions source-upgrading 3.4-s to 4.0-s
> >
> >On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> >> It appears that my new 4.0 system (& the new C compiler) will be
> >> built using the 3.4-stable tools; is this ok?  I'm guessing that
> >> the "last step(s)" of this process is to re-gen (cvsup/make
> >> [build, install]world...), just as I've always done with 3.x.
> >
> >Before building your new 4.0 userland, the buildworld process
> >builds the 4.0 compiler (gcc-2.95.2) (along with other build
> >tools), and then uses that to compile everything (including
> >recompiling the compiler).
> 
> So buildworld runs in its "own complete isolated" environment?
> IOW, buildworld uses its "own" tools, etc., & doesn't need ie.
> /bin, /usr/bin ...  ??  (Except for a few basic things, like the
> compiler (with which to "bootstrap" itself?"...  :)

Actually it doesn't.  It upgrades /usr/bin/make before it begins 
building anything else.  If you're building and testing on a separate 
disk, you can copy 3.4 to that disk, chroot, and build.


Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
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Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
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