Why should I use `config;make depend;make...` instead of `make kernel`when building from a stock source tree? (ref. Handbook sec. 9.3)

[Darren Pilgrim]

There are two sets of commands you can use to build a kernel in FreeBSD:

"Procedure 1" is the old way: config, make depend, make, make install. "Procedure 2" is the make kernel sequence from makeworld.

Section 9.3 of the Handbook says I should use procedure 1 if I haven't updated my source tree. I can understand then need to use procedure 2 if I've updated my source tree, but why shouldn't I use it with an unmodified tree?


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