Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:31:30 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Ian Bonnycastle <ibonny@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I determine the FreeBSD "world" revision/version? Message-ID: <18866.34114.6261.671875@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20090307081557.53795235.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <bdee1eb40903061212h3ea2011erfd85cd0c0cef40fe@mail.gmail.com> <20090306205402.GA59135@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20090307081557.53795235.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon writes: > > If you do 'mix-and-match' where different parts of your system > > come from different versions of FreeBSD you will have to keep > > track of this yourself. > > Such differences can occur if you > 1st - make update > 2nd - build and install world and kernel > 3rd - make update again > 4th - build and install kernel only > > It can as well happen if you "make install" for a certain part of > the OS (from the /usr/src tree) only. I would consider these wearing a giant karmic "Kick Me!" sign. I've done it, but only rarely, with parts that don't change much, and with code bases that are _at most_ a few days apart. Robert Huff
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