From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 10 21:21:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF64416A4CE for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:21:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ls401.htnet.hr (ls401.htnet.hr [195.29.150.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 578B643D39 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:21:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lycanthrope@post.htnet.hr) Received: from ls401.htnet.hr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ls401.htnet.hr (0.0.0/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6ALKxTH003875 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:20:59 +0200 Received: from jkhahhytncost7 (195-29-120-134.adsl.net.htnet.hr [195.29.120.134]) by ls401.htnet.hr (0.0.0/8.12.10) with SMTP id i6ALKw0W003871; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:20:58 +0200 Message-ID: <006301c466c3$8f08a1e0$1205a8c0@jkhahhytncost7> From: "lycanthrope" To: "Nils Holland" References: <005101c466bf$7b50dc20$1205a8c0@jkhahhytncost7> <200407102314.45373.nils@wundi.net> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:19:17 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4922.1500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4939.300 X-Trace: ls401.htnet.hr 1089494459 608 195.29.120.134 (Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:20:59 +0200) cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A quick one (well, two actually) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:21:01 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nils Holland" To: "lycanthrope" Cc: 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