Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 03:26:42 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: epilogue@allstream.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alternative method for make / install world --- ? Message-ID: <20040624102642.GA55272@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040624041443.5d86b160@localhost> References: <20040624041443.5d86b160@localhost>
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--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--
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