Re: Lessons learned from source upgrade from FreeBSD i386 9.2 Stable to FreeBSD i386 10.0 Release.

From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:44:20 -0800
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Thomas Hoffmann <trh411_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Warren Block <wblock_at_wonkity.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Using -DNOCLEAN with an existing /usr/obj can go even faster than ccache:
> > less than two minutes for a buildworld on my frequently updated i5/SSD
> > system, sometimes less than one minute.
>
>
> Can you elaborate on this, please? I always clear my /usr/obj before
> starting a buildworld, which takes 2 hours to run on my system. Are you
> saying if I do "make -DNOCLEAN buildworld" I do not have to clear /usr/obj
> first AND my buildworld will run faster (AND with no downside)?
>
> Thanks.
> -Tom
>

I moved to pkg after the upgrade from 9.2 to 10.0 and had no real problems.
Of course, I did have to  install pkg and run pkg2ng, but I would have had
to run those at some point, anyway.

Exactly what problems did you hit?

-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired
E-mail: rkoberman_at_gmail.com
Received on Thu Jan 23 2014 - 15:44:21 UTC

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