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To: "Karl M. Joch" <k.joch@kmjeuro.com>
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Subject: Re: upgrading to 4.5-stable ??? 
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From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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> From: "Karl M. Joch" <k.joch@kmjeuro.com>
> Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 08:46:59 +0200
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Hoskins" <mike@adept.org>
> To: "Nikhil Mittal" <nikhil@east.isi.edu>
> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; "freebsd-stable" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:08 AM
> Subject: Re: upgrading to 4.5-stable ???
> 
> 
> > On Mon, 13 May 2002, Nikhil Mittal wrote:
> >
> > > As i was going thru the "UPDATING" file, do i need to compile the new
> kernel
> > > first before doing make world ?? Also how do i create a rescue disk ??
> > > Please suggest other cautions too!
> >
> > My usual procedure is,
> > (using pre-tweaked kernel config)
> > cvsup -g -L2 supfile
> > cd /usr/src
> > make buildworld
> > make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> > make installworld
> 
>   mergemaster -a
>   compare it manually and
>   (cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV all)
>   at least check all of the rc* and defaults files
>   better the whole etc stuff before rebooting.
>   if updating remote systems try it locally on a box in advance :-)

And, still being paranoid, I might start doing a mergemaster -p before
the buildworld, although I'm not sure it should be a standard
practice. I can see it leading to some when adjusting files in /etc
before actually building the new world.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634


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