Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:53:44 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gian Paolo Buono <gpbuono@gmail.com> Subject: Re: buld Kernel withouth buildworld Message-ID: <18639.40520.726563.585868@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <991123400809160324h27bab74yb6428329a541562e@mail.gmail.com> References: <c60a46e50809160302q50b93cf3ja24ab081fb628c91@mail.gmail.com> <991123400809160324h27bab74yb6428329a541562e@mail.gmail.com>
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Odhiambo Washington writes: > > Is a problem update /usr/src and compiled kernel without buildworld ? > > You'll stand the risk of a mismatched userland/kernel, with > unpredictable results. What he said, except s/unpredictable/unpredictable and possibly disasterous/. If the source has changed, you really _really_ want to do the two together. I have - occasionally and by accident - forgotten one of the two steps (sick, or not enough sleep); it has never trashed a system ... but I was sweating until thing matched up again. Robert Huff
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