Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 16:37:24 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading/CVSUPping with bad ISP connection Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991028163404.24605A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19991028171255.0108f960@mail.embt.com>
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Tom Embt wrote: > > I should've known this was coming ;) I had to do this recently on my > -current box following the massive signal changes, however I've not yet > adopted this as standard policy. I guess I've got the old "kernel and > userland should be in sync" idea embedded too far into my head. Well, that > and i don't recall ever having a bad kernel that wasn't My Own Stupid Fault. Build a kernel that won't boot, install a world that won't work with it, and you are SOL. Build a kernel that won't boot, and leave the old world installed, and you just boot kernel.old. > > Is the "kernel before world" philosophy going to become SOP? It looks like it; there are some issues, like needing EGCS to compile a current kernel, which you wouldn't have, coming from 3.x. Regardless, it is still I good idea. DAvid scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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