On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 08:08:43PM +0000, Anon Loli wrote:
> Hi list
> I marked this thread as "(boring)" so to not anger snowflakes with
> boring/stupid questions.
>
> So this thread's question is: I found out that when recompiling the base
> system I think that it starts from scratch even though there should be object
> files to prevent unnecessary compiling (I did also run "make obj" for the 2nd
> time, maybe that broke something), so why is that? (assuming I didn't fuck up
> something again)
>
> I'm assuming the process will take another too many hours, and experimenting
> with different settings might be too difficult, so that's why I'm here now.
>
> My questions are why that's like that, and if it's better to just recompile
> everything again (but how the fuck would you guys get any development done
> then? lol)
>
> After reading a few manual pages, by which I mean searching for stuff like
> "clean", I stumbled upon the KEEPKERNELS additional variable which after being
> enabled, kernel object directories should not be cleaned during "make build",
>
> I'm assuming that this is what I need, so I enabled it in /etc/mk.conf as
> explained in the mk.conf(5)#DESCRIPTION section, and I have indeed verified
> that the variable was set with `make -p build`.
>
> But then with the power of flex tape(joke) I mean du, I figured out that it
> recompiles /usr/obj/lib anyways, and maybe some other directories too?
>
> P.S. I'm following release(8) if it wasn't clear..
>
I meant OBJ in the subject title, I'm so stupid... it's definitely /usr/obj
which I'm referring to, when compiling /usr/src and stuff
IDK if it's important for this thread/question, but I need to modify a few
things under /usr/src/sys/
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