Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 10:38:53 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Invis <invis@visi.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How much work does running -current take? Message-ID: <34352DAD.ABD322C@whistle.com> References: <199710031410.XAA00752@word.smith.net.au>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > 1. If I install -current, will I have to do 'make worlds' or other 6 hour CPU > > tasks often? > > You won't have to. You may want to. > > > 2. Will my system more often than not be able to boot and run most of the time? > > i.e. I have one computer, I don't mind constant reboots, even making my own > > code patches if necessary, but if this is something it's almost necessary > > to have two machines for, please tell me! > > It can be helpful to have two systems, but things are generally better > now than they were in terms of re-bootstrapping yourself. the problem is that new binaries cannot run on old machines because there is a new system call so everything falls over especially /bin/sh so you can't even boot on your old kernel if something goes wrong witf the new one.
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