CURRENT does not compile on i386

Pierre-Yves Péneau pierre-yves.peneau at lirmm.fr
Wed Mar 16 16:57:05 UTC 2016


On 11/03/2016 20:14, Michael Powell wrote:
> Pierre-Yves Péneau wrote:
> 
>> Oups ! Thank you for correcting me.  I have fixed the command but there
>> is the same error.
>>
>> Yes I know that GENERIC is the default value, this compilation is just a
>> test for my machine. This is an "old" computer and I would like to know
>> how much time is needed to compile the FreeBSD kernel.
>>
> [snip] Please don't top post, it ruins the flow.

Thanks, I always forget this part of the rule.

> Make buildworld is what takes the most time. Most middle of the road modern 
> machines take something like around an hour and a half to build world. 
> Kernel build takes around ten to fifteen minutes. On higher end hardware 
> these times can be quite a bit less.
> 
> On really old enough hardware it can take much, much longer than this.
> 
> If you are not a kernel-hacking developer might I respectfully suggest 
> beginning with RELEASE and NOT -CURRENT?
> 
> -Mike
> 

OK I'll try with RELEASE. Thank you Mike.


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