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Subject: Re: buld Kernel withouth buildworld
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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