Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:48:59 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net>, current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: RELENG_4 builds on -current Message-ID: <3BD993FB.F33B5357@mindspring.com> References: <20011022142401.A3569@xor.obsecurity.org> <008701c15a9d$0805aec0$0a9811cb@gccs.com.au> <20011022142401.A3569@xor.obsecurity.org> <200110250027.f9P0RB736961@harmony.village.org> <20011025221011.E97313@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> <20011026092308.B54311@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > > What I've always been wondering since Kris first mentioned this > > technique in the thread's course (building -STABLE in a jail on > > a -RELEASE host or vice versa, IIUC) was the following: There's > > the host's kernel serving a differing world's userland. We all > > know what's the usual answer to "I just updated my kernel and > > now -- insert whatever you please -- stopped working. :) What > > did I miss? Or is it plain luck when things just work and one > > shouldn't ask why they do? :> > > Things which still rely on libkvm don't work in the jail if it's > different than the host version. Under -current there are many more > things which use sysctls to obtain their data from the kernel, so the > problem is getting less severe. You copy the host versions of these programs in, of course. Why do you think my shell script is 10k instead of 1k? -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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