Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 22:39:59 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: follow-up to kernel compile problem... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951124223831.25911D-100000@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <199511250151.RAA00174@corbin.Root.COM>
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On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, David Greenman wrote: > >On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, David Greenman wrote: > > > >> > I just went into /usr/src/usr.sbin/config and compiled the version > >> >that was in there and used it... > >> > > >> > so, the config that comes with 2.1.0-RELEASE is not compatible > >> >with that which comes with -current. does that make sense? > >> > >> It's not the only one. There are probably at least a dozen other system > >> binaries which are also incompatible. > >> > > > > So, each time that current updates, I'm going to have to > >make world to keep it in sync? Can I do a make world on a live > >system, if that is the case...or do I have to shutdown into single > >user mode? someone had mentioned that they are going into single > >user mode each time *shrug* > > No, you only need to do the make world's occasionally. If you watch the > commit mail (which you should be doing if you are SUPing -current), then > you'll see what is being changed, why it is being changed, and when you need > to rebuild something. And these 'commit's get email to? is there a commits@freebsd.org list that I forgot to join? :( > It's not necessary to shut down to single user. It is a good idea if you do > the 'make world' when the system is mostly idle, however, as unusual transient > things might happen to the users during some phases of the build. > What happens if you do a make world? does it install the made software as it is made, or wait until everything is compiled and then install it? I know its a relatively...lame...question, but I'd rather ask it then find out it does move it over as compiled, and end up with a hybrid system because something just didn't compile completely (like libkvm right now... :( ) Marc G. Fournier | Knowledge, Information and Communications, Inc (ki.net) scrappy@hub.org | soon to be: | scrappy@ki.net | For more information, send me email.
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