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> > http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/current/#building
> >
> > Look under updating an existing system and there is a procedure
> > given how to build the kernel without a make depend.
> > I build a kernel following that procedure.
> >
> > ../../../../tools/obj/......nbconfig GENERIC
> > cd ../compile/GENERIC
> > ../../../../../tools/obj/.......nbmake-ARCH
> >
> > And the kernel will be compiled after this.
> > No make or nbmake depend or anything.
> > It's also the way the url given above describes it.
> 
> The URL is wrong/overly-simplistic. If you just created the directory, you
> can probably get away without the depend step. However if you've
> configured and built before, you could well need it.

Okay, thanks, it clears things up for sure.
I got away with it every time because i always removed the dir after building
the kernel. So why not change that part by:

../../../../tools/obj/tools.NetBSD-1.6....../bin/nbconfig GENERIC
cd ../compile/GENERIC
../../../../../tools/obj/tools.NetBSD-1.6......./bin/nbmake-ARCH depend
../../../../../tools/obj/tools.NetBSD-1.6......./bin/nbmake-ARCH
.............

Bye,

Mipam.