Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 17:08:19 +0600 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update and a custom kernel Message-ID: <20141108110819.GA53344@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <20141108105341.106436d5.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20141108060317.GA45394@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20141108105341.106436d5.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > > > > Is it normal that freebsd-update is going to update my custom kernel? > > Should it not leave it alone? > > > > The following files will be updated as part of updating to 9.3-RELEASE-p5: > > /boot/kernel/kernel > > /boot/kernel/zfs.ko > > /usr/bin/ftp > > /usr/bin/gate-ftp > > /usr/bin/pftp > > [root@admin ~] uname -a > > FreeBSD admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru 9.3-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p4 #0 r273644: Sun Oct 26 11:37:20 NOVT 2014 root@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru:/d01/build/obj/d01/build/9.3/sys/ADMIN i386 > > [root@admin ~] > > This depends on your settings in /etc/freebsd-update.conf: > If the component "kernel" is enabled, the updated GENERIC > kernel will be installed. To avoid this, remove the com- > ponent "kernel" from the list. I was under the impression that freebsd-update did not touch locally modified files regardless of the freebsd-update.conf settings. All right, I was wrong. > Keep in mind that you _might_ > have to rebuild your custom kernel, so it's useful to have > the component "src" enabled, which will provide the source > version that corresponds to the updated binary installation. I generally don't need this. I build all custom kernels on a build box and then rsync them away. > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Oh, I am a user since 1.1.5.1 (about 1995) and an admin since 2.0.something :-) -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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