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Date:      Fri, 22 May 1998 14:17:31 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, "David E. Cross" <dcross1@mail.nycap.rr.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem resolutions... 
Message-ID:  <199805222117.OAA02520@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 May 1998 22:11:49 %2B0200." <19980522221149.45847@follo.net> 

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> On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 11:45:48AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > >   Ok, maybe I am just being obtuse... (maybe I am just a Computer
> > > Scientist), but I need this
> > > explicitly said to me; what is the propper order for compiling?
> > 
> > 1. Cvsup/CTM/whatever your sources up to date.
> > 2. make world
>   s/world/buildworld/
> 
> > 3. make kernel
>   3.5 make installworld
>   3.6 make install (for kernel)
> 
> > 4. reboot
> 
> This give you a minimal window of vulnerability to 'anything bad'.
> Not that it is guaranteed to work anyway, but it give you a better
> chance.

No it won't - particularly it will fail if config needs to be updated 
to build the kernel.

The original order stands - update, world, kernel, reboot.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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