From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 01:41:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9084816A421 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 01:41:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA8CF13C480 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 01:41:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id lA51fMAu069420 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:41:22 +0700 (ICT) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.6/8.12.11) id lA51fLtQ005878; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:41:21 +0700 (ICT) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:41:21 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200711050141.lA51fLtQ005878@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: chris@sigd.net In-reply-to: <6FC9F9894A9F8C49A722CF9F2132FC220F34B3B4@ms05.mailstreet2003.net> (chris@sigd.net) References: <011e01c81e3a$82335dc0$6501a8c0@GRANT> <44sl3m7ogj.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> <6FC9F9894A9F8C49A722CF9F2132FC220F34B36D@ms05.mailstreet2003.net> <200711040131.59446.beech@freebsd.org> <6FC9F9894A9F8C49A722CF9F2132FC220F34B3B4@ms05.mailstreet2003.net> X-Virus-Scanned: on CSIM by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Cc: beech@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:41:40 -0000 > I prefer to do [build|install]world prior to building the kernel > with the new installed tools. > > Even with an outsynced system, the most common tools to be affected > are ps and top. Even when a kernel fails to boot all the > way through, you can still rebuild a new kernel after booting > with the old kernel. Having the new system tools will not > hurt. Am I wrong thinking that even when running an old system (kernel and tools) for the buildkernel step, only new tools (/usr/src/...) are being used? Bests, Olivier