misc/75864: FreeBSD 5.3 kern-developer install does not addMakefile in /usr/src
Eli K. Breen
eli at gopostal.ca
Wed Jan 5 23:30:33 UTC 2005
The following reply was made to PR docs/75864; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Eli K. Breen" <eli at gopostal.ca>
To: Brooks Davis <brooks at one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/75864: FreeBSD 5.3 kern-developer install does not add Makefile
in /usr/src
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:24:26 -0800
Noted.
Thanks!
-E-
Brooks Davis wrote:
> Installing just the Makefile would serve no purpose. The point of
> buildkernel is that it can use the tools from buildworld to make the
> kernel. That requires all the sources. The old method of building
> kernels must be used unless you are going to install all sources.
>
> IMO, this is documentation bug.
>
> -- Brooks
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