Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:37:16 -0600 From: Christopher Schulte <schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-sender-77771d@mired.org>, Christopher Schulte <schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org> Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make buildkernel fails on behalf of config version Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011226142742.03c2fde0@pop3s.schulte.org> In-Reply-To: <15402.12857.406331.699967@guru.mired.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011226135014.03758008@pop3s.schulte.org> <20011226105454.Y92442-100000@localhost> <20011225153309.C136@gohan.cjclark.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20011226135014.03758008@pop3s.schulte.org>
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At 02:25 PM 12/26/2001 -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: >Given a reasonable processor, it's not "many hours", it's more like 15 >minutes even with "best practice" methods. That's because you can do >the timeconsuming parts of the process with the machine still in >service. Not always practical. If my production server allows interactive login of non-trusted users, (shell server for example) I cannot allow these users to have access while building of world happens. I must 1) kill user processes 2) disable remote user login 3) update source 4) build 5) install (install kernel && boot single-user && install world) 6) reboot 7) allow access again Even on fast CPU and disk this can take hours. This is a relatively rare (IMHO) circumstance and was included for completeness of the thread. Bottom line is still that kernel and world should be in sync. :) > <mike >-- >Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ >Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. --c To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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