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Date:      Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:53:44 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gian Paolo Buono <gpbuono@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: buld Kernel withouth buildworld
Message-ID:  <18639.40520.726563.585868@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <991123400809160324h27bab74yb6428329a541562e@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <c60a46e50809160302q50b93cf3ja24ab081fb628c91@mail.gmail.com> <991123400809160324h27bab74yb6428329a541562e@mail.gmail.com>

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Odhiambo Washington writes:

>  > Is a problem update /usr/src and compiled kernel without buildworld ?
>
>  You'll stand the risk of a mismatched userland/kernel, with
>  unpredictable results.

	What he said, except s/unpredictable/unpredictable and possibly
disasterous/.
	If the source has changed, you really _really_ want to do the
two together.  I have - occasionally and by accident - forgotten one
of the two steps (sick, or not enough sleep); it has never trashed a
system ... but I was sweating until thing matched up again.


				Robert Huff




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