Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 09:29:30 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Aram =?UTF-8?B?SMSDdsSDcm5lYW51?= <aram.h@mgk.ro> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update(8) and custom kernels Message-ID: <20181107092930.3f48e1cee7caeb670fe38a58@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <CAEAzY3_LbPi2fUn28oviHM6fZBmmzZbnFaQhN9eVrfJOPmhHGA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEAzY3_BzOH25aoTpTWTREbhJD0V0o8RKCV6A4sVnXtCpRjE3g@mail.gmail.com> <20181106170818.GD88460@mordor.lan> <CAEAzY3_oF94bezhVte7Ym5Y0qfEypu7rabh4BGx6v%2BOFi6cR%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <20181106174215.43746c0a0f28d86dd4ef0e14@sohara.org> <CAEAzY3_xbb76vWYkFKXc3mBOdceBX3GdZ=SXEYyNSNGARvgu_A@mail.gmail.com> <20181106223828.4e65f87c884b43c40f0231e3@sohara.org> <CAEAzY3_LbPi2fUn28oviHM6fZBmmzZbnFaQhN9eVrfJOPmhHGA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 00:12:29 +0100 Aram Hăvărneanu <aram.h@mgk.ro> wrote: > > Building the kernel doesn't need the new binaries, otherwise a > > source upgrade would be impossible. > > I was under the impression that building across releases was not > recommended and/or fragile. From /usr/src/UPDATING: Only across some boundaries. > This is how Julian said it works for him with the custom kernel, > except I replaced fetch with upgrade: This is now almost exactly what I do for upgrades on the box with a custom kernel (the only difference is that I have the KERNCONF enshrined in make.conf and so don't specify it). > 1) freebsd-update -r XX.Y-RELEASE upgrade > 2) freebsd-update install > 3) make kernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > 4) reboot > 5) freebsd-update install > > In my understanding in step #3 you don't have the new sources yet, > so how do you compile the new kernel? Or do you have them? I never checked, I can only assume that they must be there. I'll try and remember to look next time I do one. It does make sense to defer as little as possible to the post-reboot install if only for this reason. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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