Eliminating IPv6 (?)

[Brian Wood]

On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 11:52 PM Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> Refer to /usr/src/Makefile's comment header where you will find
> a short explanation of the different targets.
>
> make kernel:
>         This target performs both "make buildkernel" and
>         "make installkernel". It's possible to run this
>         command in multi-user mode and then reboot into
>         the new kernel. It's neccessary that world and
>         kernel are in sync version-wise.
>
> make buildkernel:
>         This target builds the kernel, but does not install
>         it.
>
> make buildworld:
>         This target builds the world, but does not install
>         it.
>
> make installkernel:
>         This target installs the kernel. It can be done
>         in single-user and multi-user mode.
>
> make installworld:
>         This is a very special target. It requires that
>         you have booted the appropriate kernel, the ("old")
>         world / OS in single-user mode, and performed basic
>         file system checks manually (as this is not done
>         automatically for single-user mode!). Before and
>         after this step, tools such as mergemaster can (and
>         should) be used.


> Here's a short summary (from the source mentioned above):
>
> # For individuals wanting to upgrade their sources (even if only a
> # delta of a few days):
> #
> #  1.  `cd /usr/src'       (or to the directory containing your source
> tree).
> #  2.  `make buildworld'
> #  3.  `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE'     (default is
> GENERIC).
> #  4.  `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE'   (default is
> GENERIC).
> #       [steps 3. & 4. can be combined by using the "kernel" target]
> #  5.  `reboot'        (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader
> prompt).
> #  6.  `mergemaster -p'
> #  7.  `make installworld'
> #  8.  `make delete-old'
> #  9.  `mergemaster'            (you may wish to use -i, along with -U or
> -F).
> # 10.  `reboot'
> # 11.  `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them
> anymore)
>
> Also see "man 7 build" for further documentation.
>
>
Thanks.  The above steps make more sense to me now.