Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 17:29:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Tom Embt <tom@embt.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading/CVSUPping with bad ISP connection Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912021727030.93948-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912011840190.55144-100000@24-25-220-29.san.rr.com>
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On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Doug Barton wrote: >> >> I very strongly suggest building a new kernel, installing it, and rebooting >> *before* building world. It is much easier to recover from a broken kernel >> than a broken world. New kernels work with old worlds, but the reverse >> isn't always true. > > It's also not true that new kernels always work with old >worlds. Especially in the 3.x branch. I just ran into this today where a >a kernel built from sources cvsup'ed to -Stable today would not run in a >3.3-Release (from CD) world. > > There are still a lot of build issues to be worked out before one >method or another becomes the law of the land. Take a look at >http://freebsd.simplenet.com/upgrade.html for a slightly out of date >version of my take on the upgrade from source process. OK, i read the docs on the site and now i'm *really* confused. I usually make a new kernel before a new world. Also, i haven't really done any merging or in any way touched /etc after building a new world. Maybe i get away with that because i have a very simple single-user desktop system and i've only been tracking -STABLE since 3.2. Should i expect a lot more work for 3.4, or any major revision after this one? -jm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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