From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 30 4:20:16 2002 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 02C1537B400 for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 04:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5273643E4A for ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 04:20:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.12.3/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g6UBKZtT020672; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 07:20:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200207301120.g6UBKZtT020672@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: karl agee Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: blow it away?? In-Reply-To: Your message of "29 Jul 2002 18:25:19 PDT." <1027992321.325.9.camel@enterprise.workgroup> From: dochawk@psu.edu Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 07:20:35 -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hey wizards, I am thnking of blowing away my /usr/src in this -current > install of mine and replacing it with the 5.0-DP1 /usr/src so I can > build a new kernel....I'm finding the current -current is a little > buggy. I've got the latest /usr/src copied onto cd... > is this feasible or will I break everything when I try to compile it??? > Do I have to build a new world??? I'm not sure what DP1 is, but you always need your source & kernel matched--so yes, build world, then buildkernel so that your new world is use. Rather than blowingit wayay, I'd make clean and then mv /usr/src /usr/old.src so that it's still there if you need it. ALso, do you *need* current? The good stuff is moved into stable as soon as it's reliable; you're not stuck with the linuxy choice of ot of date or missing features. Otoh, if you need stuff from current, you're stuck with a certain amount of instability. hawk -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message