From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 22:03:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B932106566B for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:03:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20FC8FC12 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:03:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so8024267wyf.13 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:03:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=H5A6m2QKIXa1tU+oKsfpzXOzYOiFL/KZWJoQOo+uhVg=; b=jpw29DXL40s8emP8mwvr4Vt04n/i/ugpsX3y/HdFNAaewjj2qFsWthmWhk8rnRau4y OJ13QmgdsikcOLGMfYbmdFhxgOztXfd2H+o3wLzQB8g6bkTA+5WMeoQusW09iF1IJj1a qyc3/SHENAsWioKa4X/AuJjgOqaccx45+AvWQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SMjJ/ZypSSBit85XpCiBHNkGdaIvBSgM1rgzWYxBST1cwwxvN7W1to83h2PAaM9IEl Pcz+qO93tw6kH3F1C/zXnXkQdfVByHRmRAzHkqRanCdqMmm1FyAC+HNoDe0qDYHnqeH7 5H3syF+u2rTvUHbgRxUIGGJS4OKmEGyr6J8UU= Received: by 10.227.156.68 with SMTP id v4mr6899448wbw.95.1293400997679; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:03:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (87-194-105-247.bethere.co.uk [87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f35sm7939094wbf.20.2010.12.26.14.03.15 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:03:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:03:13 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101226220313.7e57ede1@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <690996CCDF2D4E51B5B661ECE9443807@GRANTDESKTOP> References: <690996CCDF2D4E51B5B661ECE9443807@GRANTDESKTOP> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Updating. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:03:19 -0000 On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:11:54 -0500 "Grant Peel" wrote: > Hi all, > > Up to this point I have always updated (within a branch), by dropping > to single user mode for everything. > > After running cvsup to obtain the new source, is it generally > considered OK to run the maike buildworld in multiuser mode, or, are > the dangers to doing this? Personally, I don't bother with single-user mode at all within release branches. I do everything in multiuser mode and reboot afterwards at my convenience. I've never had a problem, but I do check UPDATING just in case there's anything abnormal. I do it by the book when moving between releases branches though, and reboot into single user mode after installing the kernel.