Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:51:40 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> Cc: robert.a.chalmers@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, kometen@gmail.com Subject: Re: can I do 6.1-RELEASE to 6.2 via cvsup Message-ID: <20071024155140.88F0745010@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:18:30 EDT." <200710241518.l9OFIVQh011636@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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--==_Exmh_1193241100_96233P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > From: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:18:30 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > Also, the list of things to do is a bit mis-ordered and truncated. The > > > > official list is in /usr/src/UPDATING and reads: > > > > > > > > <make sure you have good level 0 dumps> > > > > make buildworld > > > > make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > > > > [1] > > > > <reboot in single user> [3] > > > > mergemaster -p [5] > > > > make installworld > > > > make delete-old > > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Where in /usr/src/UPDATING is that command. I > > > can't see it. > > > > > > > > mergemaster [4] > > > > <reboot> > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Tuc > > > > > > > Sorry. It is there on my 6-Stable system, but it looks like it is not in 6.2-Release.It's been in HEAD for over 2 years. > > > > I am a bit confused,though. I see my 6.2-Stable has src/UPDATING,v 1.416.2.35, but I can't find that version in CVS. I see only one commit, 1.416, in RELENG_6 and I know that it has had more commits since then. > > > Um, I went to go check the file on a 7.0-BETA1 I just installed and and doing the ground > up on.. And I just realized something........... > > WHERE is the step to install the kernel?? I always thought it was : > > > make buildworld > make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > [1] > <reboot in single> [3] > 'make kernel' makes buildworld and then makes installkernel. So 'make kernel' both builds and installs the kernel. 'make kernel' is not new (goes back to at least V4), but was not placed in the UPDATING file until V7. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1193241100_96233P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFHH2oMkn3rs5h7N1ERAqqeAKCUAlc/Ltf8lLKeHgpJb5/efIGp5wCePB/C L/IfAb7yQXrxQ4FR4X+XdeQ= =FRUQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1193241100_96233P--
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