svn commit: r331686 - head

John Baldwin jhb at freebsd.org
Thu Mar 29 17:51:21 UTC 2018


On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 09:54:41 PM Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 28 Mar 2018, at 18:51, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Author: jhb
> > Date: Wed Mar 28 16:51:05 2018
> > New Revision: 331686
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/331686
> > 
> > Log:
> >  Expand remaining instances of 'make kernel' to buildkernel + installkernel.
> > 
> >  The 'kernel' target is a bit more obscure compared to buildkernel and
> >  installkernel.
> 
> The 'kernel' target doesn't seem that obscure to me, it is clearly
> documented in build(7), right?  In my opinion, the main advantage of
> separate build and install steps is that you can run the former as a
> non-privileged user, while only having to run the latter as super-user.

I think it is still obscure even if in build(7).  That said, after I had
done the commit I had a similar thought that splitting up the build and
install steps is useful in its own right, whether that is due to doing
builds as unprivileged, or doing builds on one machine or installs on
another.

-- 
John Baldwin


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