Jean-Edouard BABIN wrote:
> May be a little warning about -E on www.netbsd.org/Documentation/current/
> would be usefull too :)

Oh, obvious error :) -E should definitely NOT be used for initial compilation.

I've changed the instructions to recommend build into DESTDIR followed
by ./build.sh install=/, and added description on when you might want
to use -E + potential dangers of -E mode.
The update should appaer on www.NetBSD.org within hour.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Jaromir
  
> There is 
> "To build userland the first time:
> 
> mkdir /usr/obj
> cd /usr/src
> ./build.sh -E -O /usr/obj -T /usr/tools build"
> 
> on 06/04/03 18:17, __Alan Barrett__ <apb@cequrux.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 06 Apr 2003, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> >> You should use -E only if you really know what you're doing.
> > 
> > But many non-experts seem to use expert mode, and then complain when
> > they mess it up.  Perhaps this patch would help?
> > 
> > --- build.sh    14 Mar 2003 05:22:50 -0000    1.95
> > +++ build.sh    6 Apr 2003 16:15:26 -0000
> > @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
> > ERROR: $@
> > *** BUILD ABORTED ***
> > ERRORMESSAGE
> > +    if ${do_expertmode:-false} ; then
> > +        echo >&2 "*** You used expert mode (-E).  Are you really an expert?"
> > +    fi
> > kill $toppid        # in case we were invoked from a subshell
> > exit 1
> > }
> > @@ -266,7 +269,8 @@
> >    -a arch    Set MACHINE_ARCH to arch (otherwise deduced from MACHINE)
> >    -B buildId    Set BUILDID to buildId
> >    -D dest    Set DESTDIR to dest
> > -    -E        Set "expert" mode; disables some DESTDIR checks
> > +    -E        Set "expert" mode; disables some DESTDIR checks.
> > +        Should not be used by non-experts.
> >    -j njob    Run up to njob jobs in parallel; see make(1)
> >    -M obj    Set obj root directory to obj (sets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX)
> >    -m mach    Set MACHINE to mach (not required if NetBSD native)
> > 
> > 
> > --apb (Alan Barrett)
> > 
> 
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