Re: "can't find kernel source tree" error when building the kernel.

Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:

>On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 07:57:51PM +0300, Clau wrote:
>  
>
>>hello,
>>
>>i just downloaded via cvsup the latest kernel for freebsd 5.1.
>>i had a problem with it, more exactly when i did a "make depend"
>>it stopped at some place, and gave me this error:
>>"can't find kernel source tree"
>>i fixed this by modifying this piece of code from /usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk
>>(it starts with line 167 in the file)
>>
>>.for _dir in ${.CURDIR}/../.. ${.CURDIR}/../../.. /sys /usr/src/sys
>>.if !defined(SYSDIR) && exists(${_dir}/kern/)
>>SYSDIR= ${_dir}
>>.endif
>>.endfor
>>.if !defined(SYSDIR) || !exists(${SYSDIR}/kern/)
>>.error "can't find kernel source tree"
>>.endif
>>
>>i removed the last "/" from "/kern/" and now it seems it can find the 
>>directory.
>>i don't know if this is a general problem, or it is just in the case of 
>>my system.
>>    
>>
>
>How are you building the kernel?   Are you using `make buildworld' first
>and then `make buildkernel' (or `make kernel')?
>
>Cheers,
>  
>

cd /sys/i386/conf
/usr/sbin/config MYCONFIG
cd ../compile/MYCONFIG
make depend
make
make install

this is the entire process i do.

With respect,
       Claudiu Dragalina-Paraipan.

clau_at_reversedhell.net