From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 22 17:20:35 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865D2F1D for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:20:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@qxnitro.org) Received: from mail-la0-f45.google.com (mail-la0-f45.google.com [209.85.215.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10627780 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:20:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f45.google.com with SMTP id er20so2276932lab.18 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:20:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=qxnitro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:x-received:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=gAb6L9vBxynw5xhDAjbZ/ty1BQ+APQ/q4MjPFAAYMOs=; b=bkAVfmvDw+u6SyXpF9lETaz+BW5X/aTDnLiOKP79G3vWrqr5B0xKwGGYyAhlPU5Mjx KrQluDolojeCsWBfWc2w5NGo6XyAWkpr/asoLcrQsXUMCiWIg1wCWbrk+fKXEQM6c+3O yPfOhZj1+PzOMu9ipXDxOcIsqvkfpOw3PT9ww= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=gAb6L9vBxynw5xhDAjbZ/ty1BQ+APQ/q4MjPFAAYMOs=; b=nakLq1HCY2vBSZ+wRrSToTGoIYojqIvG3V/a9STMP7W3kguuwCEh04mTNYmHIT35pK 0KwruU+RTnstEPIFLNxk+sf62knbuzA0v7aP0v8AWj2m4OSezUTSGFYS3wcnDEjtRS8v itp62VHF1hgNAydOLyxjQ82xFmpyErvVJ/chYSm9uWhhuJujXeqgMVpGNgH5lDRs1jJ0 2ib5y1vEQB66RFxFToMj/XNsWU1cFfmXstO9RLHd5d6DJo1q/9kYVduzsXRfOCqkVk14 w/z4XXVXp/VBMtL+d4365GbH1blRCJorW+yvtPYIii9etGRjh6eQIjB96ULJJSB03w5M Ephw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.148.164 with SMTP id tt4mr22070424lab.28.1358875233455; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:20:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.19.41 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:20:33 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [2620:0:1040:204:e544:2375:a87f:bba3] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:20:33 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: freebsd-update and ports From: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkAs4HFy6MGGy7UqWkSu5j179+kz4iyttAIkgu3THi17y3UVFy0ZayNLgZyNFN7JH4P18pO Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:20:35 -0000 On 16 January 2013 03:56, Warren Block wrote: > A rendered sample of the proposed changes to the freebsd-update section: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/temp/fupd-ports2.html > > The diff: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/temp/fupd-ports2.diff For the 'make kernel' to force not using /etc/make.conf: make kernel __MAKE_CONF=/dev/null I think that's what the variable is called - I don't have a FreeBSD handy to check. I think it looks sane from a quick look, but I don't have time for a more detailed review at the moment. PS. I never had to do the magic with installing an old GENERIC myself before, so I can't verify if it works exactly like documented.. but it sounds plausible... -- Simon L. B. Nielsen