Re: Is /usr/obj Required For Installation?

On 12/3/24 07:31, Michael Sierchio wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 8:17 AM Tim Daneliuk <thronobulax@gmail.com <mailto:thronobulax@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     After running buildworld and buildkern, is /usr/obj subsequently required
>     to install the new kernel(s) and world files or are all the required object
>     files already bound into installable libraries?
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> I'm not sure I understand your question, but I'll blather on.
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> /usr/obj/usr/src/<arch>/sys/<kernel name>
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> contains the kernel and the .o files required for building it, and it's where it gets installed from.  Once you've built and installed it, and world, you may safely rm -rf usr/obj/* without affecting a running system.


I think this answers my question which was whether I could build, then delete /usr/obj with a system
fully available for installation at a later date.  It looks like that would not work.

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> I typically have micro instances as appliances and build kernels and world on another, more robust multiprocessor VM.
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Yes that works well with "real" VMs and physical machines.  In my case though, on of the target systems
is out on a hosting provider that may (not sure) be using VPS trickery, so I dunno if that would
work.

Thanks for taking the time.