Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 23:00:50 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD Admin <fbsd@mohawk.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to track stable Message-ID: <20010410230049.G8173@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104101726230.69556-100000@mohegan.mohawk.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104101726230.69556-100000@mohegan.mohawk.net>
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FreeBSD Admin wrote:
> Can someone point me to a clear step-by-step explanation of how to do
> this? I have cvsup'd the stable sources and the ports, but now what?
1. Set KERNCONF=FOO in /etc/make.conf, where FOO is the name of your kernel.
2. cvsup, you say you've done that bit.
3. # cd /usr/src
# make buildworld buildkernel
# mergemaster (may as well do that while build is running)
# shutdown now (go to single user mode)
# make installworld installkernel
# reboot
That should be all you need to do, it normally just works though things
can go wrong. Probably best to wait a bit to see if anyone points out
something blatantly obvious that I've missed. Anything important you
need to do when updating should be listed in /usr/src/UPDATING, so read
that.
As for ports, most of them should just keep working but you can
recompile your installed ports if you want. Things like lsof, if you
have it installed, *will* need recompiling because it deals with the
kernel very closely (same reason ps, top, etc, need to be recompiled for
a new kernel).
Good luck!
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Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org
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