From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 26 17:38:38 2005 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 5632316A41F for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:38:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15F6743D94 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:38:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F64E6474; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:38:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08327-03; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:38:14 -0600 (CST) Received: by makeworld.com (Postfix, from userid 1008) id 292C5646B; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:38:14 -0600 (CST) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6905645D; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:38:13 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <43889D84.5030809@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:38:12 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051122) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Miguel Saturnino References: <1133026190.915.8.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1133026190.915.8.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at makeworld.com - FreeBSD:The Power To Serve Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System upgrade questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: RacerX@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:38:38 -0000 Miguel Saturnino wrote: > Hi! > > I have a FreeBSD 5.3 release system which was upgraded with CVSup to > RELENG_5. I have recently built a new kernel, but *have not* rebuilt > "world". The computer now says it's a "FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE" system. > > This can't be right, can it? :/ > > I think I have two options: > * downgrade the sources to RELENG_5_3 with CVSup (replacing > RELENG_5 with RELENG_5_3 in the supfile) and build a new FreeBSD > 5.3 kernel > or > * rebuild "world" to have a FreeBSD 5.4 base system and kernel > correct? > > If I opt for the second option, should I rebuild "world" everytime > there's a version bump in FreeBSD? > > TIA! > > Best regards, > Miguel Here again - we have questions that are answered in the Handbook and the FAQ. If the handbood TELLS you you need to buildworld, why would you think you would not? I know - it's because YOU think the handbook is lying. Go back and READ. -- Best regards, Chris If a scientist uncovers a publishable fact, it will become central to his theory. His theory, in turn, will become central to all scientific truth.