Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:19:17 +0200 From: "lycanthrope" <lycanthrope@post.htnet.hr> To: "Nils Holland" <nils@wundi.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A quick one (well, two actually) Message-ID: <006301c466c3$8f08a1e0$1205a8c0@jkhahhytncost7> References: <005101c466bf$7b50dc20$1205a8c0@jkhahhytncost7> <200407102314.45373.nils@wundi.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Nils Holland" <nils@wundi.net> To: "lycanthrope" <lycanthrope@post.htnet.hr> Cc: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:14 PM Subject: Re: A quick one (well, two actually) > On Saturday 10 July 2004 22:50, lycanthrope wrote: > > hello > > a quick question: > > I cvsuped to current, did all that makeworld etc, and everything works > > perfectly :) now,i want to add some options to kernel. There is no need to > > do all the "world" proccess again,right? (I did no cvsuping since then). It > > is ok to just "make buildkernel" and installkernel, right? I'm pretty sure > > that is OK, since (correct me if I'm wrong,please) "world" process is > > needed when upgrading,right? > > Yeah, you probably wat to make a copy of the GENERIC kernel configuration file > and name it something like MYKERNEL. Then add the options you want to add in > there, and do a "make buildkernel kernconf=MYKERNEL" and, of course, "make > installkernel KERNCONF=mykernel". Theoretically you could just as well mess > around in GENERIC, but I think that's not a wise thing to do. > > > for the second question. every time I go upgrading my BSD system, entire > > "world" process is needed,no matter maybe a day passed since last cvsup-if > > I cvsup to newer, world is needed,right? > > Needed ... well, not really. You may get away with just building world or the > kernel, but it's generally a good idea to keep world and the kernel in sync. > > As a side note, I guess this question would have been more suitable for > questions@. ;-) > > Greetings, > Nils thank you, and thanks to Kent. You both confirmed what I thought it was, so off I go to customizing my kernel a bit more :) thanks again
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