Re: make -DNOCLEAN buildworld taking a long time

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, rihad wrote:
> I'm frequently doing cd /usr/src/ && make update, and then the whole
> buildworld/kernel/mergemaster dance.  Why is make -DNOCLEAN

You can use -DNO_KERNELDEPEND for kernel stuff if you're confident the 
changes you're making won't impact on file dependencies.

I have to wonder why you're doing it often though..

> buildworld kernel taking a long time rebuilding most parts? Shouldn't
> it only build whatever has changed?

Unfortunately due to limitations in the way make works and is being used 
mean that there is a lot of crap to get through even if nothing is 
actually done :(

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