Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 22:21:57 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: "Morse, Richard E." <remorse@partners.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating question (yes, I know that this has been rehashed ma ny t imes...) Message-ID: <20020529192157.GA49392@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <375F68784081D511908A00508BE3BB1701EF1AD7@phsexch22.mgh.harvard.edu> References: <375F68784081D511908A00508BE3BB1701EF1AD7@phsexch22.mgh.harvard.edu>
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On 2002-05-29 11:39 -0400, Morse, Richard E. wrote: > Kirk Strauser [mailto:kirk@strauser.com] wrote: > > From /usr/src/UPDATING: > > > > To update from 4.0-RELEASE or later to the most current > > 4.x-STABLE > > ---------- > > make buildworld > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > > make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > > reboot (in single user) > > make installworld > > mergemaster > > reboot > > Hmmm.... I read /usr/src/UPDATING. My copy only says that I should run > "make world" (except when it doesn't work). I'm tracking RELENG_4_5 -- > could that have a less up-to-date /usr/src/UPDATING? This is exactly what UPDATING contains for RELENG_4_5 too :) Look near line 387, and you will see exactly the text that the previous poster quoted. > Thanks for posting the correct instructions -- it is much clearer than in > the handbook... Hmmm, if the Handbook was unclear in some place, it should be fixed. What was the part that got you confused? - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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