Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:06:23 -0500 From: Steve Ames <steve@energistic.com> To: Steve Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> Cc: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Subject: Re: kernel.old not used any longer? Message-ID: <20050419160623.GA2922@energistic.com> In-Reply-To: <001501c544f5$f6fc3fd0$9b00030a@officescape.net> References: <200504191530.j3JFUvWD030545@energistic.com> <42652533.8060106@centtech.com> <001501c544f5$f6fc3fd0$9b00030a@officescape.net>
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No. doing 'make buildkernel' and 'make installkernel' seperately does not cause /boot/kernel to be copied to /boot/kernel.old. -Steve On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 10:39:23AM -0500, Steve Ames wrote: > I'm trying that now. However on 5.x 'make kernel' installs a kernel.old. On > 6.x: > > basement# make -n kernel > cd /usr/src; PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin `if [ -x > /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make ]; then echo > /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make; else echo make; fi` -m > /usr/src/share/mk -f Makefile.inc1 buildkernel > cd /usr/src; PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin `if [ -x > /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make ]; then echo > /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make; else echo make; fi` -m > /usr/src/share/mk -f Makefile.inc1 installkernel > > 'make kernel' executed both 'make buildkernel' and 'make installkernel' so > I'm guessing it won't but I'll know for sure in a few minutes. > > -Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Anderson" <anderson@centtech.com> > To: "Steve Ames" <steve@energistic.com> > Cc: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:35 AM > Subject: Re: kernel.old not used any longer? > > > > Steve Ames wrote: > > > I just noticed yesterday that there hasn't been an update to > /boot/kernel.old > > > since sometime in August. Yesterday was my first bad kernel on -CURRENT > and > > > I fell back to /boot/kernel.old/kernel and was suprised that it was that > old. > > > > > > When did 'make kernel' stop copying /boot/kernel to /boot/kernel.old? It > still > > > seems to have that behavior on 5.X. I checked UPDATING but didn't see > anything > > > on this behavior change. Nor could I find a knob in make.conf. > > > > > > Is this user error somewhere? > > > > Using 'make buildkernel ...' and 'make installkernel ...' does the > kernel.old > > dance correctly. > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > > A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >
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