On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:35:32AM -0400, stuart van Zee wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> > Martin Schrvder
> > 2007/5/18, stuart van Zee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > # make depend && make
> > > (this will take a while)
> > > # cp /bsd /bsd.old
> > > # cp bsd /
> >
> > Why do you deviate from the FAQ?
> > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldKernel
> Mostly just because if I copy the kernel file over myself
> instead of using make install I have a copy of the old
> kernel in case I screwed something up (and know where it
> is). I am under the impression that copying the kernel to
> the root is what make install does. Is there a problem
> with this logic?
>
> Other than that, the faq also uses:
> # make clean && make depend && make
>
> I guess the fact that my procedure doesn't use make clean
> is mostly due to a simple error... ooops, i must have been
> tired when I was writing the damn thing. Thanks for
> pointing that out. I will be adding that.
'make install' does, in fact, back up the old kernel. Again, just follow
the FAQ.
Joachim
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