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-version 1.5, 2003/09/09 16:49:25
+version 1.6, 2003/11/18 00:34:20
  Line 17  Compiling DragonFly requires an ISO C90
  Compilers which support this are, amongst others: The GNU C Compiler, The
  Intel C++ Compiler, and The TenDRA Compiler.
- > Include files
+ You can do DragonFly buildworld/buildkernel/installworld/installkernel
- ---------------
+ on FreeBSD-stable boxen as well as DragonFly boxen.
- Due to the source tree reorganization header files have moved to different
+ Due to source tree reorganizations at various times header files may have
- locations.  The ufs/ufs directory, for example, now can be found at vfs/ufs.
+ moved or been deleted, leaving stale header files in /usr/include.  This
- ufs/ffs can be found in vfs/ufs as well.
+ can also cause 'make depend' to fail due to make depend getting confused
+ about old header files.
- Best thing to do would be to rm -rf /usr/include and from /usr/src do a 'make
+ The easiest way to deal with include file messes is to reinstall /usr/include
- includes'.  This should repopulate your entire tree.
+ from scratch as follows:
+         rm -rf /usr/include     # safer to type this verses /usr/include/*
+         mkdir /usr/include
+         cd /usr/src
+         make installincludes
+ If your have trouble doing builds due to the make depend stage failing, the
+ easiest solution is to wipe your object tree and rebuild/reinstall.
+         rm -rf /usr/obj         # safer to type this verses /usr/obj/*
+         mkdir /usr/obj
+         cd /usr/src
+         make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
+         make installkernel
+         make buildworld
+         make installworld
+ If you are using 'config' manually, note that building kernels via the manual
+ config / /usr/src/sys/compile/BLAH procedure only works reliably on an
+ uptodate DragonFly box.  The official way to build kernels is via the
+ 'make buildkernel KERNCONf=<KERNELNAME>' target from /usr/src.
  > Kerberos IV
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