Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 15:40:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Mock <jim@jmock.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/20398: Tracking STABLE instructions should explicitly state you need src-all for STABLE Message-ID: <200008042240.PAA36847@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/20398; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jim Mock <jim@jmock.com> To: Jeff Blaine <jeffblaine@mediaone.net> 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 15:27:23 -0700 On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 at 18:22:22 -0700, Jeff Blaine wrote: > > > 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." Hmm, I think it's there somewhere, but I can't remember off-hand where. Maybe it's in the FAQ. I'll have to look. > 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, Ok, I'll commit it in a few minutes. > 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. Agreed. If I can't find it in the FAQ or handbook, I'll add it in there somewhere. - jim -- jim mock <jim@jmock.com> work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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