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authorimp <imp@FreeBSD.org>2000-01-30 23:15:21 +0000
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Add a section at the end called COMMON ITEMS. This is where we'll put
those questions that come up all the time (eg, how do I build a kernel). This is intended to be a very brief reminder for people that are basically clueful what the steps are to do these common things. What it lacks in verbosity it makes up in terseness.
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Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
This file is maintained by imp@village.org. Please send new entries
-directly to him. See end of file for further details.
+directly to him. See end of file for further details. For commonly
+done items, please see the end of the file. Search for COMMON ITEMS:
20000129:
{set,get}flags have been added to the tree for rather dubious
@@ -558,6 +559,22 @@ http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=827400+0+current/freebsd-current
to silence warnings from authentication programs (login, etc).
See src/etc/pam.conf for a sample.
+COMMON ITEMS:
+
+ To build a kernel
+ -----------------
+ Update config, genassym and go:
+ cd src/usr.bin/genassym
+ make depend all install clean
+ cd ../../usr.sbin/config
+ make depend all install clean
+ cd ../../../sys/i386/conf
+ config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
+ cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
+ make depend && make
+
+FORMAT:
+
This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
breakages in tracking -current. Not all things will be listed here,
and it only starts on November 18, 1998. If you have an earlier
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