From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 14 11:09:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FF6616A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:09:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92.asp.att.net [63.240.76.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAA8943D60 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:09:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92) with ESMTP id <20041214110918i92002ajj3e>; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:09:18 +0000 Message-ID: <41BEC9DD.2090506@nbritton.org> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:09:17 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041203) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ben Washington-Yule , freebsd-questions References: <41BE66CA.9060000@nbritton.org> <41BE6AA6.4050806@yahoo.com.au> <41BE75ED.40606@nbritton.org> <41BEAAD6.3090406@yahoo.com.au> In-Reply-To: <41BEAAD6.3090406@yahoo.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Safe to just rebuild kernel after cvsuping src? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:09:19 -0000 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.