From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 24 10:27:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0864A16A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:27:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ylpvm43.prodigy.net (ylpvm43-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21A443D31 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:27:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-35.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.35])i5OAQhDf003860; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:26:43 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5D3EB52364; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 03:26:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 03:26:42 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: epilogue@allstream.net Message-ID: <20040624102642.GA55272@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040624041443.5d86b160@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040624041443.5d86b160@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alternative method for make / install world --- ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:27:07 -0000 --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 04:14:43AM -0400, epilogue@allstream.net wrote: > hello all, >=20 > I have recently been mulling over an article which proposes an abridged > set of steps for updating the system. >=20 > ----------- > http://www.bsdnews.org/03/bsd_update.php >=20 > alias rebuild 'cd /usr/src && make update && make world && make kernel = && > mergemaster' > ----------- >=20 > in a nutshell, the author proposes the following steps: >=20 > 1) rebuild > 2) answer the mergemaster prompts > 3) reboot > 4) all done >=20 > the method i employ requires several additional steps -- mergemaster -p, > a reboot to test kernel (not strictly required, from what i understand), > and booting to single user mode for install world. >=20 > i am wondering what might be the hazards of trying the abridged approach. > would be grateful to hear from anyone with an informed position on the > matter. It won't always work, and in the worst case will destroy your system. There's a reason that the documented upgrade process has all those steps in that order. Kris --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA2qxhWry0BWjoQKURAt5DAKCyXX/Cn1uj896S1+4um/vJ4SIpQACfdRnb 34jZFJXPMvE68DmgMOJrf5Q= =SEeG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu--