Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:45:55 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP and 5.2.1 RELEASE Message-ID: <40F5B7A3.4070605@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200407141704.07142.kirk@strauser.com> References: <26075.1089753893@critter.freebsd.dk> <200407141441.23158.kirk@strauser.com> <p06110423bd1b5227bd61@[128.113.24.47]> <200407141704.07142.kirk@strauser.com>
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Kirk Strauser wrote: >On Wednesday 2004-07-14 04:14 pm, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > > >>Certainly. Let's say the people in one jail are running a special package >>which depends on certain versions of various utilities or library >>versions. And people in a different jail are running a different package >>which has a different set of dependencies. Bingo. These jails must be >>built with different snapshots of the userland. >> >> > >Is running a userspace that doesn't match the loaded kernel a supported >configuration, defined as "one not likely to bite you in the butt"? > > Always follow the golden rule.. "Your kernel must be newer or the same age as everything else running on the system" > >Even if someone wants that setup, surely it's inadvisable for someone to >build a jail that's running a newer version of the OS then the host >environment, isn't it? And wouldn't that be the only reason you'd ever do >"make world DESTDIR=/foo" instead of: > # cvs checkout -r RELENG_4_8_RELEASE ... > > # make buildworld > ... appropriate intermediate steps > # make installworld > # make installworld DESTDIR=/foo > >I don't want to be argumentative, so please don't take it that way. I'm >genuinely interested in the subject and want to know how other people are >maintaining their systems. > >
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