Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 17:19:14 +1030 From: "O'Connor, Daniel" <darius@dons.net.au> To: Esa Karkkainen <freebsd.lists@zxas.fi> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD update & custom kernel Message-ID: <AF7892E8-6CDB-4713-ACF6-28299F71C91B@dons.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20190125104928.GD63197@pp.htv.fi> References: <A9F09319-C30A-47CE-9967-21A8871647AF@dons.net.au> <20190125104928.GD63197@pp.htv.fi>
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> On 25 Jan 2019, at 21:19, Esa Karkkainen <freebsd.lists@zxas.fi> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 05:03:32PM +1030, O'Connor, Daniel wrote: >> Hi everyone, > > Hi Daniel, > >> Is it feasible for freebsd-update to update the source before the >> first reboot so a custom kernel can be built? > > It's a hack, but sorta kinda yes. > > Use freebsd-update to update only the source, and follow the > instructions here: > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > Which suggests to use svc to update sources instead of freebsd-update. Yes, I would have thought it's probably more efficient to use svn! > Or you can use two separate freebsd-update config files, modified > one modified to exclude i.e remove "src" from "Components" line, and new > copied from the default which excudes everything exept the souces i.e. > "Components src". > > Update only the source, build world and kernel(s), install the locally > built kernel and the the normal freebsd-update. OK, interesting idea - I'll try it next time and see how I go. Thanks! -- Daniel O'Connor "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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