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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:41:56 +0400
From:      Denis <piloyder@gmail.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd-update fetch trying to update custom kernel
Message-ID:  <CAJKy0h7S=8nA4DNT8xucGD-UyOWiF4K-4TLK2oGCoEt9ix9Dqg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120820142755.573029da.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> Then why not follow my suggestion of _letting_ freebsd-update
> update the kernel, but _use_ a different one instead which it
> won't touch? In /boot/loader.conf:
>
>         kernel="mykernel"
>         bootfile="/boot/mykernel/kernel"
>
> Now freebsd-update can happily alter the default kernel without
> affecting yours. Note that this implies that _you_ have to take
> care of kernel changes and recompiling if needed.
>
> I know, it's just a workaround and doesn't address the problem
> directly, but it should get you away from any related trouble.

Yes, I saw your advice, and will follow it.
The main idea - may be I missed something and there will be an easy
fix to my problem. I want to make sure that the problem exists, and
I'm not the only person faced with this error. And also I have a small
hope that problem will be fixed by freebsd team :-).

Best regards,
Denis



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