docs/90738: Missing distribution elements when compiling 6.0 kernel

[John Baldwin]

The following reply was made to PR docs/90738; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-doc at freebsd.org
Cc: Witold Rugowski <rugowski1spm at nhw.pl>, freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org,
        ru at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/90738: Missing distribution elements when compiling 6.0 kernel
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:42:46 -0500

 On Wednesday 21 December 2005 07:04 am, Witold Rugowski wrote:
 > >Number:         90738
 > >Category:       docs
 > >Synopsis:       Missing distribution elements when compiling 6.0 kernel
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       non-critical
 > >Priority:       low
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-doc
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:
 > >Keywords:
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          doc-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 21 12:10:10 GMT 2005
 > >Closed-Date:
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Witold Rugowski
 > >Release:        6.0-RELEASE
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 >
 > In Bochs 2.2.1
 >
 > >Description:
 >
 > Clean, minimal instalation of 6.0-RELEASE with following source pagages
 > -base
 > -sys
 > does not allow to make installkernel (missing etc directory or something
 > like this). Adding etc src distribution allows to do make installkernel
 > (without etc it is possible to compile new kernel). In Handbook
 > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-bui
 >lding.html) etc is not mentioned as required part of distribution to
 > install.
 >
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 >
 > Install minimal 6.0-RELASE with src/sys and src/base, then
 >
 > make buildkernel
 > make installkernel
 >
 > >Fix:
 >
 > Install src/etc
 
 Actually, I think that make installkernel should work with just src/sys 
 installed.  I think this has actually been fixed in HEAD.  ru@ would know if 
 it has and if it has been MFC'd yet.  I think this should be fixed for 6.1.
 
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