From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jul 15 15: 7:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.122.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3DF037B847 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 15:07:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e6FM7Ml41759; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 15:07:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 15:07:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Salvo Bartolotta Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel-building praxis In-Reply-To: <20000715.1031000@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > Dear FreeBSD'ers, > > I have just upgraded to 4.1-RC successfully -- sources as of few hours > ago. > > Incidentally, a 'make kernel=WHATEVER build/installkernel' actually > built /GENERIC, but this is a minor/negligible issue: I rebuilt my > customized kernel in the old standard way. That's because the variable name is 'KERNEL' not 'kernel' :-) I've also found that it doesn't necessarily propagate, and set it in make.conf. > My understanding was that the build/installkernel procedure served the > purpose of making **major** transitions possible, whether or not a > major RELEASE upgrade was involved; whereas the well-known "classical" > procedure could be used in all other cases/situations. In particular, > the "classical" procedure could be employed after ordinary source > upgrades. The classical method is still valid if you aren't upgrading source, e.g. rebuilding an existing kernel with new options/devices/etc. > >From now on, am I supposed to be systematically using "make > build/installkernel each and every time I cvsup my sources ? What > [have I missed/] am I missing ? Yes, you are correct. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message