Re: Cleaning before using WITH_META_MODE

On Wed, Dec 11, 2024, 11:38 AM bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:

> What cleaning options minimize interference with the use of WITH_META_MODE
> ?
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> Occasionally buildworld stops because of a missing dependency, usually
> just re-running git pull fixes the problem. In cases where it does not
> fix the problem how should one rank the various cleaning commands, from
> least to most thorough? Using rm -rf /usr/obj obviously works but AIUI
> deletes the data needed by WITH_META_MODE. The cleaning commands I've
> used include
> make clean
> make cleandir run once
> make cleandir run twice
> rm -rf /usr/obj
>
> but it isn't obvious how they interact with META_MODE.
>
> This is in the context of -current on Raspberry Pi2,-3 and -4
> if it matters.
>

In the past, I've just turned on meta mode. Meta mode just needs filmon and
the it creates extra files, not different ones. I've not noticed issues
with this, nor enough extra files to look closely.

Warner


Thanks for reading,
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> bob prohaska
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