installworld and sources

2010-06-06 Thread Fbsd1
Compiling a new kernel from source requires /usr/src to be populated, I understand that. The buildworld process for sure needs /usr/src. My question is , is /usr/src also used in the installworld process? Now I have never had to do this type of system RELEASE upgrade before, so I just don't

Re: installworld and sources

2010-06-06 Thread Balázs Mátéffy
Hi! It's good practice to keep /usr/src (your source) intact and the same version as your worldkernel is and vica versa. For the particular installworld step AFAIK /usr/obj is used, where the system has the compiled world made in the build process. steps here:

Re: installworld and sources

2010-06-06 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/2010 11:55:51, Fbsd1 wrote: Compiling a new kernel from source requires /usr/src to be populated, I understand that. Uh -- compiling a kernel requires /usr/src/sys. I think you can do without the rest of the system sources if all you want

Re: installworld and sources

2010-06-06 Thread b. f.
Compiling a new kernel from source requires /usr/src to be populated, I understand that. The buildworld process for sure needs /usr/src. My question is , is /usr/src also used in the installworld process? Now I have never had to do this type of system RELEASE upgrade before, so I just don't