Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 15:30:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeff Blaine" <jeffblaine@mediaone.net> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/20398: Tracking STABLE instructions should explicitly state you need src-all for STABLE Message-ID: <200008042230.PAA35382@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/20398; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jeff Blaine" <jeffblaine@mediaone.net> To: <jim@jmock.com> Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: docs/20398: Tracking STABLE instructions should explicitly state you need src-all for STABLE Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 18:22:22 -0700 > > How to repeat: > > Try to upgrade your 4.0-RELEASE machine's kernel to 4.0-STABLE by > > only CVS updating from src-sys. It doesn't work. > > That's part of your problem right there. You don't update to -STABLE by > just upgrading your kernel. You build world which is explained in the > handbook. At any rate, here's a proposed patch for the stable-supfile. > Comments are appreciated. Right, all I was getting at is...I don't see anywhere in the handbook where it says, "Kernel-only upgrades are not done in the FreeBSD world. To upgrade your kernel, you need to start tracking sys-all entirely in either -CURRENT or -STABLE entirely." Seems silly until you consider how many people use Linux where upgrading only the kernel very much a part of monthly life for those people who live on the bleeding edge (by choice, I'm not one of those people of course). Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but I really didn't find anything like that, so I was left in the land of wing-it. ...and your patch _should_ do the trick to stop this from happening, but I'm wondering if something more obvious than a trailing comment in the CVS update file isn't order. But that's not my call. Thanks for your time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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