> > and don't forget a "limit datasize unlimited"
> Ohh yes. This was the reason why my first attempts to build current
> faild. And it may be necessary to build and install the librarys and
> gcc before a "make build". 

OK.. This is why I was getting at the whys and wherefores.  I did not
relish turning the machine on for weeklong compiles and not do one of
these little tidbits and have it crash.

So, that points to:

0.  Unroll appropriate tarballs into /usr/src and /usr/xsrc.
    Don't confuse the system and x top-level tarballs.

1.  Make the kernel from current:

    cd /usr/src/sys/arch/vax/conf
    config GENERIC                  (configure the generic kernel)
    cd ../compile/GENERIC
    make depend  ; make             (depend and make current kernel)
    cp netbsd /netbsd/14T           (spare a current kernel in root)
    cp /netbsd /netbsd.current      (keep a previous copy just in case)
    cp netbsd /netbsd               (put a new current copy in root)

2.  Make/install the libs from current:

    (what?)  (dummy, here needs input.  Any gotchas?)

3.  Make the gcc suite from current:

    (what?)  (dummy, here needs input.  Any gotchas?)

4.  Make the system from current:  (This seems to be in the docs)

    cd /usr/src      (?)
    make build       (?)

    (Are there specific make targets to be aware of other than make build?)

5.  Make X if necessary?

    (what?  Will X run OK on my VS3100/M38 with the VSX-40(?) card?)
    (That would be cool!)

Any other details that are NOT in the docs section that I need to be
aware of?

Any other details from the docs section or from the release builders
notes of such that I should be aware of for the current -current?

Since I am not in a cvs capable location, at home, and have to ferry
sources in on tape or cd, is there any reason to keep previous
build trees?  I have been mv'ing src to S14R or something like that
as a spare and then unrolling a completely new tarball set to update
from the previous to current.  Is that the best way to handle that?

Thanks

Bob