can i delete /usr/obj/ before installworld?

cpghost cpghost at cordula.ws
Sat Jul 31 02:47:48 PDT 2004


Scott wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>I'm really short on diskspace, and I have no room to run a make buildkernel after I run make buildworld.
>
>Is it possible to do the following:
>  
>
No. It's impossible.

>make buildworld
>rm -fr /usr/obj
>  
>
This is a no-op. You'd be just wasting time.
'make buildworld' populates /usr/obj with the compiled world.

>make buildkernel
>  
>
That's not goot either, because it needs the new world
which is expected in /usr/obj that you've just nuked.

>make installkernel
>-reboot single user
>make installworld
>  
>
There's not world to install here.

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