Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:43:21 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Joe.Warner@smed.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving to STABLE - one quick question Message-ID: <200102011843.f11IhLL32451@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:46:56 MST." <852569E5.00565956.00@Deimos.smed.com>
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> From: Joe.Warner@smed.com > Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:46:56 -0700 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Quick question: > > After synchronizing your source tree > during the beginning process of moving > from 4.2 RELEASE to 4.2 STABLE, is it > all right to shut your machine down and > then come back later, boot into single > user mode and do "make world" ? Quick answer: Yes But you probably don't want to "make world". Read /usr/src/UPDATING. The method of rebuilding the system recommended there is much more likely to work correctly than a simple "make world" and most of it can be done with the system up and running. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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