here we go again with the weird kernel build errors...

[Jeremie Le Hen]

Hello all,

> > > AFAIK you have to buildworld first, yes.  This builds the bootstrap
> > > tools needed to safely build the kernel.
> > 
> > 'make kernel-toolchain' is sufficient preparation for buildkernel.
> 
> Thanks, I knew there was a target for it but couldn't find it
> documented in the makefiles.

I'm not sure if this is intended to be documented someday, but I
added a small description of it to build(7) manual page.  Diff is
attached.

Regards,
-- 
Jeremie Le Hen
< jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >
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diff -u -r1.31 build.7
--- share/man/man7/build.7	23 Jul 2005 14:23:30 -0000	1.31
+++ share/man/man7/build.7	31 Jul 2005 20:51:35 -0000
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 .It Cm installworld
 Install everything built by
 .Cm buildworld .
+.It Cm kernel-toolchain
+Rebuild the tools needed for kernel compilation.  Use this if you
+did not used buildworld first.
 .It Cm buildkernel
 Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
 .It Cm installkernel