Re: last cvs Makefile.inc1 errors

From: David O'Brien <obrien_at_freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:59:30 -0800 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:37:33 UTC

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:12:52PM -0500, Barney Wolff wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:19:20AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> > I've been meaning to ask this for a while... why does everyone recomend:
> > 
> >     make buildworld
> >     make buildkernel
> >     make installkernel
> >     make installworld
> > vs.
> >     make buildworld
> >     make kernel
> >     make installworld
> 
> I can think of two reasons:  First, the separate steps make it possible
> to do make reinstallkernel when one does not want to overwrite kernel.old.

Your sequence is:
    make buildworld
    make buildkernel
    make reinstallkernel
    make installworld

which is not what we suggest in UPDATING and not what I have above.
Please stick to the exact sequence above.