From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 29 17: 5:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from athserv.otenet.gr (athserv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C68414BEA for ; Fri, 29 Oct 1999 17:05:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a113.otenet.gr [195.167.115.113]) by athserv.otenet.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA09701 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 1999 03:04:54 +0300 (EET DST) Received: (qmail 9192 invoked by uid 1001); 30 Oct 1999 00:06:50 -0000 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP & buildworld References: <19991029190523.B29960@moon.mteege.de> From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: 30 Oct 1999 02:06:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: Matthias Teege's message of "Fri, 29 Oct 1999 19:05:23 +0200" Message-ID: <86yacliuee.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> Lines: 24 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.45/XEmacs 21.1 - "20 Minutes to Nikko" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Matthias Teege writes: > On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 05:24:57PM +0100, J McKitrick wrote: > > OK, i read the HOW-TO on buildworld. But i still have a question about > > mergemaster. I didn't see it mentioned in the 47 page doc i read. Is > > this used after installing the new world? > > If i understand correctly, i want this order, right? > > 1. CVSUP > > 2. Build new kernel > > 3. build world/install world > > 4. mergemaster > > make 3 befor 2. > Matthias I hate it to be the `bad' guy of the affair, but if I recall it correctly, it was a few days ago that someone pointed out that a new kernel will always(?) work with an old world. The reverse however is not true. So building and booting a new kernel is probably the right thing to do after cvsup. -- Giorgos Keramidas, "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message