From owner-cvs-all Sat May 8 15:32: 6 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C8514C3D; Sat, 8 May 1999 15:30:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA00481; Sat, 8 May 1999 18:24:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 18:24:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey 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 In-Reply-To: <199905082004.NAA34290@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sat, 8 May 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > 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. Yea!! > > 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 > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message