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Date:      Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:56:49 -0400
From:      Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
To:        Jason Dusek <jason-dusek@uiowa.edu>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CVSUP and 5.2.1 RELEASE
Message-ID:  <p06110419bd1a42ac1bda@[128.113.24.47]>
In-Reply-To: <40F48F6B.5070201@uiowa.edu>
References:  <26481.1089755361@critter.freebsd.dk> <p06002065bd1a0a3116a6@[10.0.1.3]> <40F45DAC.5070800@linuxpowered.com> <40F48F6B.5070201@uiowa.edu>

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At 8:42 PM -0500 7/13/04, Jason Dusek wrote:
>What about adding a new make target that *will* do what Joe user
>thinks 'make world' should do (i.e. build everything including
>the kernel and put it somewhere harmless for testing)?

The problem is that Joe User's are using *this* target, even though
we already have documentation that points them to a reliable set
of steps for upgrading their systems.  If you do not fix the target
that they are actually typing in, then it does not matter how many
more new targets that you add.

And at least for now, a reliable set of steps must include a
"reboot and check kernel" before installing the world.  There is
no way for `make' to do that.

-- 
Garance Alistair Drosehn            =   gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer           or  gad@freebsd.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute    or  drosih@rpi.edu



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