Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:24:30 +0100 From: Greg Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee>, Mike Lempriere <mike@vintners.net> Subject: Re: mergemaster broken -- take 2 Message-ID: <20090108202430.GA46733@core.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <200901081047.n08Alg2h000825@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20090108085811.GB1580@core.byshenk.net> <200901081047.n08Alg2h000825@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 11:47:42AM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Greg Byshenk wrote: > > Andrei Kolu wrote: > > > NOTE: I do not reboot my system until everything is updated. Why it is > > > necessary to boot new kernel and then upgrade world is beyound me..YMMW > > > > - I suppose that it is not strictly necessary to reboot between > > installing kernel and world, but I always do so. > It _is_ necessary. If you don't reboot, you're still running > the old kernel which might not be able to support new binaries > and libraries that installworld will install on your system. Of course this is correct; my error. The chance of something going wrong in this case is probably quite small, but it something does go wrong it can go horribly wrong. -- greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL
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