From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 23 23:29:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12D916A428 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:28:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C6B43D62 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:28:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from 209-6-197-92.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.197.92]) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2006 18:28:52 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.03,123,1141621200"; d="scan'208"; a="186113309:sNHT22678572" From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17443.11913.578890.508469@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:26:01 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <44232CD1.5020204@chrismaness.com> References: <44232CD1.5020204@chrismaness.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta25) "eggplant" XEmacs Lucid Subject: Compiling /usr/sys After CVSUP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:29:02 -0000 Chris Maness writes: > Is there a way to ONLY compile the deltas after a CVSUP? I don't > think the last security notice warranted a kernel recompile (or > maybe it did). Even if there is, it's a bad idea. Various kernel parts interact in Strange and Mysterious Ways(tm); adding new bits /here/ may cause the contents of a structure or the calling values to code _there_ to change. "Very dangerous. You go first." Robert Huff