make buildworld 5.3.0

[Lane]

On Sunday 26 December 2004 23:24, jason henson wrote:
> > Finally, start from where you started:
> >
> > cd /usr/src
> > make buildworld
> > make installworld
> > ... etc
> >
> > Make sure you read /usr/src/UPDATING (all the way through) before you
> > restart
> > "make buildworld"
> >
> > good luck!
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Maybe he doesn't need to read it all the way through?
>
> 20000315:
> 	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
> 	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
>
> I would recommned ready cooments through Nov after seeing his system
> build date.
>
> Output of uname -a
> FreeBSD sdhawley.eatel.net 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov
> 5
> 04:19:18 UTC 2004
>
> Also I would remove /usr/obj to be safe.  It's in the handbook under
> staying current.
>
>
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Nah!  Everyone should read UPDATING, and they should read it all the way 
through.  No harm ever resulted from reading it all the way through.  And 
none of the time spent is wasted.

Funny thing is that "COMMON ITEMS" is the very next topic below the 20000315 
topic that you cite.  EVERYONE should read COMMON ITEMS, and they should 
probably do so AFTER reading the chronology.  

I probably rebuilt my system three or four times before I actually read it.  
But reading it opened my eyes to features (and potential problems) that I 
never imagined.

Besides!  You missed something of particular import from his uname:

5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov  5 04:19:18 UTC 2004     
root at harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

His kernel was compiled by root at harlow.cse.buffalo.edu, is at level #0 for the 
machine, and it just so happens to be on the very date (Fri, Nov 5) that the 
ISO image for the mini install was compiled -- I know this information 
because I just recently used the mini-install package.  But the point is that 
it made me believe that the OP was building world for the very first time and 
would benefit from fresh sources AND from taking a moment to read about the 
software.

I could be wrong.  I was wrong not to read more before I crashed my system for 
the first time :)

lane