Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 14:45:56 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating kernel build instructions Message-ID: <3BAE5814.FA97DA43@owt.com> References: <20010923163611.F79081-100000@achilles.silby.com>
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Mike Silbersack wrote: > > I was just helping someone setup a freebsd 4.4 box, and I noticed that he > was using the old method of building kernels. I wondered where he was > getting this from, and checked the handbook on the website - sure enough, > we still list the directions. > > Since these directions are quite different than the buildkernel/buildworld > system, can we totally remove them? If not, they should be explained to > be mutually exclusive, NOT just two ways to do the same thing. Perhaps > the "old way" could be called "FreeBSD 4.2 and older", while the "new way" > could be called "FreeBSD 4.3 and above." Actually, once you have done a buildworld thru installworld, you can use the old way. It still applies if you haven't done a cvsup. What you missed reading was Note: Be sure to always check the file /usr/src/UPDATING, before you perform any update steps, in the case you sync your source-tree with the latest sources of the FreeBSD project. In this file all important issues with updating FreeBSD are written down. /usr/src/UPDATING always fits to your version of the FreeBSD source, and is therefore more accurate for those information than the handbook. I think Section 19.4 covers both ways pretty well. Kent > > If someone more familiar with docs could make one of the two changes, I'd > appreciate it. If not, I guess I'll have to dive in and learn docbook > next week. > > Thanks, > > Mike "Silby" Silbersack > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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