Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:49:31 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: binary upgrade vs src Message-ID: <200109192049.f8JKnVR21096@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Sep 2001 21:35:25 BST." <20010919213525.D62177@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Yes, it's much faster and often the only way to upgrade in a reasonable manner. The down side is that you are installing a generic set of binaries built with a GENERIC kernel as opposed to a build for our system. If I do a binary upgrade, I then try to download the matching sources and then re-build the system as I want it. I'm mostly referring to changes that result from customizations to the kernel configuration and to /etc/make.conf. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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