From owner-cvs-all Sat May 8 15:28:41 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from peedub.muc.de (newpc.muc.ditec.de [194.120.126.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9881E154AD; Sat, 8 May 1999 15:28:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garyj@peedub.muc.de) Received: from peedub.muc.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by peedub.muc.de (8.9.3/8.6.9) with ESMTP id AAA34012; Sun, 9 May 1999 00:22:39 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <199905082222.AAA34012@peedub.muc.de> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Peter Wemm Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf Makefile.alpha src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 Reply-To: Gary Jennejohn In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 08 May 1999 13:04:40 PDT." <199905082004.NAA34290@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 00:22:39 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Peter Wemm writes: >peter 1999/05/08 13:04:40 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/alpha/conf Makefile.alpha > sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 > Log: > I'm sick of the automatic rename of /kernel to /kernel.old while doing > development that leads to lots of crashes during boot. > > I have made a 'reinstall' target (like in ports, and reinstall.debug) > This is most useful if you want to keep /kernel.old as a known bootable > kernel. If you test a new kernel and have to reboot for a fix, a > 'make reinstall' will install the new kernel over the top of the old > non-viable one, leaving the old one untouched. This is mainly meant > for development, not general users. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.24 +5 -1 src/sys/alpha/conf/Makefile.alpha > 1.149 +5 -1 src/sys/i386/conf/Makefile.i386 > > great idea ! --- Gary Jennejohn Home - garyj@muc.de Work - garyj@fkr.dec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message