Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:23:51 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgraded to CURRENT = system is dead Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031117182315.76800A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <p06002020bbdf02dbe856@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 10:37 AM +0100 11/17/03, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > >Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org> writes: > >> Here is what I did: > >> $ cvsup blablabla... > > > $ make buildkernel KERNCONF=3DMYKERNEL && > > > make install kernel KERNCONF=3DMYKERNEL > > > >There's not much point in 'make buildkernel' if you haven't > >done 'make buildworld' first. >=20 > Uh. /usr/src/UPDATING explicitly says: >=20 > 20031112: > [...] You should build and boot a new kernel BEFORE doing a > `make world' as the new kernel will know about binaries using > the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will not know > about the new system calls that support the new statfs > structure. >=20 > We generally recommend doing a buildworld first, but it has > to be done in a different order for this upgrade. Mmm. Indeed. I've just committed what I hope is a clarification to UPDATING to suggest buildworld buildkernel installkernel before installworld. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
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