Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:46:21 -0500 From: "Shawn Kennedy" <shawnlkennedy@lucent.com> To: "mpd" <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> Cc: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com>, <alan.edmonds@t-motion.net>, <rehsack@liwing.de>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: kernel install problem Message-ID: <NEBBLNBDCLDILGOPJLGIKENLCHAA.shawnlkennedy@lucent.com> In-Reply-To: <20020416141843.A5571@rochester.rr.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: mpd [mailto:mpd6334@cs.rit.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:19 PM > To: Shawn Kennedy > Cc: Kent Stewart; alan.edmonds@t-motion.net; rehsack@liwing.de; > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: kernel install problem > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 01:02:45PM -0500, Shawn Kennedy wrote: > <snipped> > > > > So based upon Kent's info and Mike's info, should the cvsupfile > > look like this instead? > > > > *default host=cvsup3.FreeBSD.org > > *default base=/usr > > *default prefix=/usr > > *default release=cvs > > *default tag=RELENG_4 > > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > > > src-all > > *default tag=. > > ports-all > > doc-all > > Looks good. Kent is right about the placement of the tag=. line. > I've always just used separate supfiles for ports and doc, > because I update them at different times than I do the source > tree. I've updated the file accordingly and have started to recvsup. Thank god work has a nice fat pipe for me ...... > > I do want to stay with -STABLE. Is it possible to fix this > > with a new cvsup with a corrected cvsupfile as Mike stated to? > > If your cvsup file is correct, you should be all set. I don't > see any problems with the one above. Even if you screw up > and delete the entire source tree, it won't hose the running > system, and you can fix the supfile and re-cvsup. Cool. > > Also, as to why the kernel build is installing in /boot/kernel/, > > at the top of the kernel build, it lists a variable KMODDIR > > that is set to /boot/kernel/. I have no idea where this is getting > > set or by whom. > > No idea. Something from -current, perhaps? I just had a friend stop by telling me that is one of the things he thinks changed with -current. Thank a bunch. Shawn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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