From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 22 10: 6:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail13.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9795337B40E for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 10:06:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 20041 invoked from network); 22 May 2002 17:06:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail13.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 22 May 2002 17:06:16 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4MH6DF00466; Wed, 22 May 2002 13:06:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20020522160253.GD55670@sunbay.com> Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:05:48 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Ruslan Ermilov Subject: RE: Upgrade instructions are incorrect Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, John De Boskey , Warner Losh , Doug Barton Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 22-May-2002 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > Hi! > > The upgrade instructions found in src/UPDATING and src/Makefile.inc1 > are not quite correct. Suggesting to reboot with the new kernel and > non-matching userland is safer than opposite of course, but does not > always work nor guaranteed to work at all. Here's the safest version > I could think of; it ensures everything is installed using the tools > compatible with the currently running kernel. I'd like your comments > guys as you were touching these instructions in the past. Wrong. If you are following the proper upgrade path, then your old binaries will always work with your new kernel. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message