Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:36:52 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what are pX and #X Message-ID: <200610041336.54104.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <45239BD7.30502@verysmall.org> References: <45239982.2000006@verysmall.org> <fa8f05950610040426g4cde657ciaf3b58de218108d0@mail.gmail.com> <45239BD7.30502@verysmall.org>
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On Wednesday 04 October 2006 12:32, pobox@verysmall.org wrote: > > My understanding is that as long as pX doesn't change then #X will be > > incremented. > > > > If you do another rebuild of your p10 system now then I would imagine > > that #X would increase to #1 and will continue to increase until pX is > > altered. > > > > Al > > Interesting. I'll give it a try. > > What confuses me is that p is changed to 10 by updating only the kernel > (the world is supposedly the old one). This means that there is no clear > indication what is exactly updated (kernel/world) and what is not. Point releases often contain patches for both world and kernel. After updating source you shouldn't build *only* the kernel, unless you have analysed the changes and decided a world update is not needed.
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