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Originally Posted by IronForge
I had the release disk - installed it, reconfigured the partions to allow more disk space to /usr(per my older thread - will post ref after I get a gui browser up) checked out the -current tree; but had some problems initially when I tried to rebuild the Kernel.
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If this is
literally what you are doing to install
-current:
- Install 4.6-release.
- Download the source to -current.
- Build per the instructions found in Section 5.3
...then you are
not building
-current in the documented & supported manner.
There is only
one way in which a user can move to
-current;
- Per Section 5.3.2, you should be installing or upgrading to closest available binary first. In this case, the "closest binary" means installing or upgrading to the latest snapshot before downloading source. In fact, a number of people who have need of running -current stop after installing a snapshot.
- Additional information can be found in the Following -current document.
From what can be construed from your quote above, you are not following the authorized method for building.
To say that this is why you have been having problems for so many months is difficult to tell. I suspect you have had to live through a number of errors in order to learn, but with all the false starts you have gone through, you would have saved yourself significant time by
seriously studying the documented process first. At the barest minimum, you need to understand what the process is, & understand it
well. This is a requirement when working with
-current. You
must follow the documentation with no deviation
(if you expect support...).
Please re-read
Section 5 for comprehension.
This is a large reason why
Section 5.1 specifically states:
Quote:
Most users should be running either -stable or -release.
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