buildkernel error

[perryh at pluto.rain.com]

Dimitry Andric <dim at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 2011-02-22 08:30, gnehzuil wrote:
> > I updated my kernel source code and try to make a new kernel
> > using make buildkernel command. But I got an error as follow:
> ...
> > ld:/usr/src/sys/conf/ldscript.i386:66: syntax error
>
> Your /usr/bin/ld is still at version 2.15, which is too old to
> parse the kernel linker script.  In this case, first run "make
> buildworld", or at least "make kernel-toolchain" before you
> attempt to build any kernels.

Will either "make buildworld" or "make kernel-toolchain" accomplish
anything if, as the OP said, s/he only updated the _kernel_ sources?