Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:09:17 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Ben Washington-Yule <benwy_01@yahoo.com.au>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Safe to just rebuild kernel after cvsuping src? Message-ID: <41BEC9DD.2090506@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <41BEAAD6.3090406@yahoo.com.au> References: <41BE66CA.9060000@nbritton.org> <41BE6AA6.4050806@yahoo.com.au> <41BE75ED.40606@nbritton.org> <41BEAAD6.3090406@yahoo.com.au>
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Ben Washington-Yule wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> Ben Washington-Yule wrote: >> >>> Nikolas Britton wrote: >>> >>>> Is it generally safe to just rebuild the kernel, and not make >>>> world, when your only tracking a release and not -STABLE, i.g. >>>> setting cvsup to track RELENG_5_3? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>> But why would you update your sources if you are not going to >>> compile and install them? >> >> >> >> Umm, umm, lol, yes I thought of this after I sent it, most of the >> updates are for userland and system tools, not the kernel, duh, sorry. >> >> > I know everyone always says "read the handbook" but in this case it is > very useful. Read the chapters on the FreeBSD kernel and also the > chapter aptly named "The Cutting Edge" > > Regards, Ben > Been there done that and I did it long time ago, this was just a moment of stupidity and not thinking before posting. I was in the middle of updating my sources when I had to make some changes to the kernel and rebuild it and I didn't have time or the desire rebuild world.
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