From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jul 12 22:30:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC7437BAD0 for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:30:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA56985; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:30:24 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id XAA21272; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:30:14 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200007130530.XAA21272@harmony.village.org> To: j mckitrick Subject: Re: new buildkernel question HOPEFULLY not stupid Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jul 2000 06:15:10 BST." <20000713061510.A9461@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20000713061510.A9461@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:30:14 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20000713061510.A9461@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> j mckitrick writes: : i've tried to parse a stack of emails on the buildkernel / installkernel : issue, and i have one question: do i need to follow this procedure everytime : i rebuild a kernel, or ONLY when i have cvsupped? The reason i ask is i : REALLY hate recompiling the entire kernel to test a one-line change in a : driver. : : Can i just use the old compile routine if i haven't cvsupped since the last : compile? I think this is a duplicate message, but here goes... If you are updating the system, defined as getting new sources from any place, you'll need to follow the directions in UPDATING. If you deviate from them, you'll have problems. If you are hacking the kernel and modifying the sources yourself, then the old method works and is the supported way to do that. hack a line, make a kernel, etc just like normal. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message