FreeBSD 12.0 RELEASE i386 can not build a kernel?

[Rodney W. Grimes]

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> > On 28 Feb 2019, at 00:37, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd at pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > config CUSTOM
> > > Kernel build directory is ../compile/CUSTOM
> > > Don't forget to do ``make cleandepend && make depend''
> > > fb-bld-120-i386.dnsmgr.net:root {200}# cd ../compile/CUSTOM
> > > fb-bld-120-i386.dnsmgr.net:root {201}# (make cleandepend && make depend && make -j4 && make install) >&make.OUT
> > > fb-bld-120-i386.dnsmgr.net:root {202}# more make.OUT
> > > make: "../../../conf/../../../conf/kern.pre.mk" line 127: amd64/arm64/i386 kernel requires linker ifunc support
> > 
> > After ifunc support was introduced, you have to run at least
> > "make kernel-toolchain" before "make buildkernel", or otherwise just run
> > "make buildworld" first.  That will build the linker which supports the
> > required functionality.
> 
> This is the -RELEASE, why is the release not built with the
> proper toolchain in place?  This is not some upgrade or anything
> odd, download 12.0-RELEASE i386 iso, install it with sources,
> try to build a kernel.
> 
> I am running your suggested make kernel-toolchain now
> to see if that fixes the problem (it shouid not, or
> if it does we have a major issue with our release
> building procedures.)

Sadly I have confirmed that "make kernel-toolchain" does infact
fix the above error.

Now the begging question, why isnt the toolchain as shipped
already properly built?

This is a stock FreeBSD-12.0=RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso install,
with stock sources from the iso.  I was simply configuring
a custom kernel, I should not need to build a took chain
to build a kernel when nothing has changed from the
RELEASE, it should already be the correct toolchain.

> > -Dimitry
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> Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org
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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org