From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jun 7 10:21:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA03423 for stable-outgoing; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 10:21:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA03418 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 10:21:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA12070; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 10:19:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606071719.KAA12070@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Schwenk, Peter" cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD-stable In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 07 Jun 96 10:49:00 -0700. <31B86E84@spectrum.wcupa.edu> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 10:18:58 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >What is meant by merging the /etc and /dev files? I'm beginning to >tackle the -stable issues, and I'm not really sure what is meant by >this. It means if you have changes in your /etc directory from the distribution (you have to have *some* changes), that you need to carefully merge them with updated /usr/src/etc/ files by hand. It's not a process that can be automated. Also, it's possible, though it shouldn't happen very often, that major or minor numbers for devices could change. It's also possible, and more likely, that new devices will be added. For either of these situations, you may have to make new device entries in /dev/. >> Is it a simple matter to just build >> stable sources on a 2.1.0-release system? >From: Nate Williams[SMTP:nate@sri.MT.net] >Yep. You update your sources via sup or CTM and then do a 'make world'. >If everything works like it's supposed to you have a system that's 95% >of the way there. Then, build and install a -stable kernel and you're >98% of the way there. The remaining 2% is making sure your /etc and >/dev files are merged, but this has to be done by hand right now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------