mistake with following stable
Michael
bsd4me at cableone.net
Fri May 15 19:45:29 CEST 2009
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 01:35:43PM -0400, Josh Grosse wrote:
> On Fri, 15 May 2009 08:21:00 -0600, Michael wrote
> > After using anoncvs to get source tree, I started to rebuild the
> > kernel. After 1 hr of the computer still building the kernel, I
> > realized what dumb mistake I made. I had followed the instructions
> > to rebuild the binaries instead! I hit ctl-c. My question is can I
> > now start over, build the kernel and then binaries as I'm supposed
> > to? For this machine, I was about 2/3 way through building binaries
> > when I quit. I am running 4.5: OpenBSD iliamna.my.domain 4.5
> > GENERIC#0 i386
>
> No worries. You were building -stable, so the order of build is not critical,
> as there is no new functionality added to either the kernel or userland for
> -stable.
>
> Building the kernel first is important for -current, where new functionality
> might be necessary to successfully conduct the userland build.
>
> You may restart the userland build at your convenience. You should not need
> to clear /usr/obj first, but if you do so, be sure to "make obj" before
> continuing.
Thank-you!
I was afraid I would have to install /usr/src again and start over.
Mike
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