From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 6 07:17:18 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A160DFE8; Sun, 6 Oct 2013 07:17:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BEAA2B73; Sun, 6 Oct 2013 07:17:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-74-65.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.74.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A66413C730; Sun, 6 Oct 2013 09:17:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id r967HADv002186; Sun, 6 Oct 2013 09:17:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 09:17:10 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Matthew Seaman Subject: Re: Problem completing a 9.1 release to 9.2 release upgrade Message-Id: <20131006091710.d8da7f4c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <52510C7A.6030102@FreeBSD.org> References: <525069AD.7040505@FreeBSD.org> <20131005224132.baf52b18.freebsd@edvax.de> <52510C7A.6030102@FreeBSD.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Eric Feldhusen X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:17:18 -0000 On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 08:08:42 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 05/10/2013 21:41, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 16:00:25 -0400, Eric Feldhusen wrote: > >> I see my /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC is a 9.2 kernel, so I should just > >> be able to do a > >> > >> cd /usr/src > >> make buildworld > >> make installworld > >> reboot > >> > >> and I'll be running up on the 9.2 kernel and then I'll be all set? > > > > No. You should follow the procedure mentioned in the > > comment header of /usr/src/Makefile. From my (old) > > b-STABLE system: > > > > # 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree). > > # 2. `make buildworld' > > # 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). > > # 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). > > # [steps 3. & 4. can be combined by using the "kernel" target] > > # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). > > # 6. `mergemaster -p' > > # 7. `make installworld' > > # 8. `make delete-old' > > # 9. `mergemaster' (you may wish to use -i, along with -U or -F). > > # 10. `reboot' > > # 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore) > > > > Pick what you need to do. When kernel and world sources are > > in sync, a new kernel can always be installed in multi-user > > mode. To install world, you should drop to single-user mode > > to avoid interferences with a full-featured system running > > in the "background". This procedure (or parts of it) will > > also work when you have been using freebsd-update to modify > > your kernel, world, and sources. > > > > Errrmm... The OP is maintaining his system using freebsd-update -- just > building and installing a replacement kernel from the source tree > installed via freebsd-update is in fact perfectly OK and a supported way > to manage a FreeBSD system. That is true. But if I understand the question (as quoted above) correctly, installing world from source has been involved, that's why my suggestion of following the instructions (or a subset of them, as it applies). > While you are quoting the official instructions from /usr/src/UPDATING > here (so they are completely correct in that sense) these are the > instructions to do something rather different to what the OP intended. I've copied the the instructions from the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile (at least on my outdated system at home they're there). Of course if the _only_ problem of the initial question is to install a custom kernel, with an otherwise updated system using freebsd-update (with world, kernel and sources in sync), just installing a custom kernel from within multi-user mode is fully supported by the system. This implies that only a small subset of the quoted instructions would apply here (steps 1 and 3 - 5), after freebsd-update has been finished successfully. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...