From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 08:24:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8C2316A4CE for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:24:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from firecrest.mail.pas.earthlink.net (firecrest.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 322AE43FBF for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:24:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from richardcoleman@mindspring.com) Received: from titan.criticalmagic.com ([68.213.16.23] helo=mindspring.com) by firecrest.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AKgkZ-0001ID-00; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:24:47 -0800 Message-ID: <3FB501D5.50005@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:24:53 -0500 From: Richard Coleman Organization: Critical Magic, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brent Jones References: <3FB3A63B.6020303@despammed.com> <20031113083751.byww8s4wc4cgkc8k@mail.encontacto.net> <3FB3BB9A.8080703@despammed.com> <20031113.231807.46972440.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 1ee258965991efcb0865379cdb43356e5e89bb4777695beb702e37df12b9c9efb5412c1bb4c468583e9d698cfdac3dd3350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: signal 12's everywhere on Current with update this morning. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: richardcoleman@mindspring.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:25:00 -0000 Someone just needs to bring the build(7) man page up to date with the handbook. Also, I noticed that build(7) still lists the "installmost" build target. I believe that was removed. I would file a PR except that my man pages always suck. Richard Coleman richardcoleman@mindspring.com Brent Jones wrote: > If this is true, perhaps the "build" man page should be updated. Here's > what the man page has to say on the topic: > > The ``approved'' method of updating your system from the latest > sources > is: > > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNCONF=FOO > make installkernel KERNCONF=FOO > make installworld > mergemaster > > After running these commands a system reboot is required... > > This gives the impression that you're safe running all the builds > without rebooting, especially as the word "approved" is used. > > Brent > > On Nov 13, 2003, at 11:18 PM, M. Warner Losh wrote: > >> In message: <3FB3BB9A.8080703@despammed.com> >> Uwe Laverenz writes: >> : eculp@encontacto.net schrieb: >> : >> : > Uwe, do you have any remote machines? I'm wondering what the correct >> : > sequence would be to update and reboot them. >> : >> : I would suggest to do it this way: >> : >> : 1. make buildworld >> : 2. make kernel KERNCONF= >> : 3. *reboot* (with new kernel and old userland) >> >> Into single user... >> >> : 4. make installworld >> : 5. mergemaster >> : 6. *reboot* >> >> This is the order that's recommended in UPDATING since 3.something. >> >> Warner