Subject: -current bootstrap questions
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Monroe Williams <monroe@cs.pdx.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 05/13/1995 19:31:34
Hi...
I've been keeping up with -current kernels for a while, and finally
decided to get caught up with the rest of the -current world. I have a
couple of quesions that I hope will keep me from hosing up my system
too badly...
- After supping the current.allsrc distribution, how does one go about
rebuilding the world? It seems like there would be some chicken-and-
egg problems involved with building the libraries, compiler tools,
etc. Are the makefiles set up to take care of this?
- Does the build process work by replacing the system it's being
compiled on, or do you set up a seperate place for all the new
binaries?
- Is there an easy way for me to tell if anything major was badly
broken at the time I did the 'sup'? (I know I'll find out sooner or
later, but it's nice to be warned... :)
Thanks,
- monroe
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