Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:08:44 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Figured out ports problem (was cvsup breaks ports) Message-ID: <20000713230843.O237@parish> In-Reply-To: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313F3@xfc04.fc.hp.com>; from gene_dinkey@hp.com on Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 03:52:26PM -0600 References: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313F3@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 03:52:26PM -0600, DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1) wrote:
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Maybe, maybe not, but you should always keep the kernel and userland
> >in sync.
>
>
> That was my opinion but a friend of mine has said that upgrading the kernel
> source from 3.4 to 3.5 would not be a problem because I was staying within
> the same major revision.
That's the reason I said "maybe". You could try it (I did it myself
once in 3.x - when NTFS support was MFC'd) but make damn sure you keep
a known-good kernel.
BTW, if it all goes tits-up *I* didn't suggest it, OK ;-)
> I don't have enough HDD space to run a make
> buildworld or make world so I want to be sure upgrading just the kernel
> source will not be a problem before I go and do it.
>
> Gene Dinkey
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