On 28 Mar 2018, at 18:51, John Baldwin <j...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Author: jhb > Date: Wed Mar 28 16:51:05 2018 > New Revision: 331686 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/331686 > > Log: > Expand remaining instances of 'make kernel' to buildkernel + installkernel. > > The 'kernel' target is a bit more obscure compared to buildkernel and > installkernel.
The 'kernel' target doesn't seem that obscure to me, it is clearly documented in build(7), right? In my opinion, the main advantage of separate build and install steps is that you can run the former as a non-privileged user, while only having to run the latter as super-user. -Dimitry
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