Editing and compiling FreeBSD source

[Brooks Davis]

[Please don't top post, it loses context.]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 02:34:12AM +0300, Andrew Novikov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could someone please explan me the difference between:
> 
> make buildkernel
> make installkernel

This uses the tool chain build by buildworld.  This may be required if
config or the compiler version change.  It should always work.

> config
> cd ../../compile/.....
> make depend
> make
> make install

This uses the installed toolchain.  It's faster and allows you to only
do that part you need, but may not work.

-- Brooks

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