Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:01:31 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: binary upgrade vs src Message-ID: <20010919115918.P34905-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <200109192156.f8JLuoR16877@ptavv.es.net>
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:53:09 -1000 (HST) > > From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> > > > > Hmmm, I thought all you really had to do was to update the /etc > > with your own settings and compile a new kernel with your own config and > > that should work. > > In many cases, that's it, but there are lots of possible issues. Do you > run BIND? LPRng? Postfix? ... Any of these would make re-building with > a custom /etc/make.conf essential. And, don't forget to update you > kernel config file as per the new LINT file. Something may well have > changed. > > I also use the CPUTYPE option. This is not a recommendation to use it, > but crypto is possibly faster with it and all of connections to other > systems are encrypted, so this might actually be worthwhile for me. I do run bind, LPRng but not postfix. Those take me only about 2 hours to get in including a custom kernel. I've done this since 2.2-RELEASE up to 4.3-RELEASE and it's just a bit harder than -CURRENT since I have to manually compare my old /etc tree with the new one and merge my settings in. As for bind, all I do is run the configure script and then build and install which takes about 5 minutes. I haven't tried the CPUTYPE option though. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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