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From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
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Subject: Re: modules.old after an make world...
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Joe Altman wrote to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org:

> Is there any reason to keep this directory around, after making world?

Only if you ever think you'll need to boot kernel.old again. Meaning,
make sure your new kernel boots and your system runs, before getting too
friendly with rm(1). :-)

- Ryan

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