From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 11 15:48:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD1B216A420 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:48:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 19D8643D4C for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:48:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@gmx.at) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 11 Mar 2006 15:48:31 -0000 Received: from 126.49.79.83.cust.bluewin.ch (EHLO [192.168.1.10]) [83.79.49.126] by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 11 Mar 2006 16:48:31 +0100 X-Authenticated: #912863 Message-ID: <4412F152.2030008@gmx.at> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:48:34 +0100 From: "lars@gmx.at" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060203) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060311105201.p0d50a73fwys80s0@webmail.dommel.be> <20060311100132.GA44110@xor.obsecurity.org> <4412B460.9050800@gmx.at> <20060311144017.GA9892@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20060311144017.GA9892@flame.pc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: make installworld fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lars@gmx.at List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:48:33 -0000 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > No. `UPDATING' mentions running `mergemaster -p' *AFTER* rebooting into > single user mode, not *BEFORE*. Yes, sorry, I'm mixing things up. >> Lately I've skipped that step with no adverse side-effects, saves me one >> reboot :-) > > You'll start booting into single user mode again, when you try to run > `make installworld' with an old kernel and have it blow up, leaving you > with a half installed base system and a lot of `interesting' work in > front of you. Or when you install everything without a reboot, replace > your old working userland and then find out that your new kernel is > unbootable and your new userland is unusable without a new kernel. > > Booting into single user mode guarantees that you have verified at least > once that the new kernel works. There's a very good reason why this is > recommended :) You're right, the time saved with one less reboot is not worth the risk of salvaging a half-updated system. Thanks for the clarification. lars.