"make depend" fails, cc1: no such file

[anubis]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 08:12 am, Stephen G Smith wrote:
> I am running FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE, and I want to add firewall support to
> my kernel. So, I carefully read and followed the instructions in section
> 9.3 of the FreeBSD Handbook. But when I run "make depend" i get this
> error:
>
> cc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1': no such file or directory
> *** Error code 1
>
> I know I have a file /usr/bin/cc, but obviously no 'cc1' anywhere.
> Any hints?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen
>
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I had a similar problem it resolved when I read the next bit in the manual

Procedure 2. Building a kernel the ``new'' way


Change to the /usr/src directory.


    # cd /usr/src


Compile the kernel.


    # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL


Install the new kernel.


    # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL