From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 7 13:54:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68564106566C for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:54:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93AF8FC1A for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:54:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so1564867nfh.33 for ; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:54:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=MCDkJ+kWuX0rELBpbtBWVQHvsVQAI2d+g8Z3tc28Nwo=; b=dB/6YxBJCpooAj/u/mitYmEmAXardEj9IBHFkwxr8jk8xwWqNm53YUISEFdioLus8T fGEBqP9LoFLYC2UnGIT2Gc3hLwkLrs7inXVO0w+3KwXtLv91Qp9QLghtd5rwSIr+E1Rw ZldxF0D8+zSphHvfNopgDH9pSomARSDxH7j7A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=TY2WiQG0EqmijKrh3zZQCMBkWsNmbg/EKiO2lvWsL+5lrqiztu82H90bsL7UwnwZ7E hRIHoFnA4+07MZw8MgRIxQPm71iGS11OmTXtxvkB/4zRK4fb68om3qEvVOKCigPEmKzC udsN77hgPf9r1TQgtGDUxk9ukq9ecXACK0efE= Received: by 10.210.66.13 with SMTP id o13mr3123109eba.18.1231336476940; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:54:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4365613.home.otenet.gr [79.130.13.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f4sm59020957nfh.73.2009.01.07.05.54.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:54:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4964B40B.8090409@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:54:19 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zbigniew Szalbot References: <94136a2c0901070456wc30af83oc20b381af57a5351@mail.gmail.com> <4964A864.7070006@gmail.com> <991123400901070523l286765h1c000dbc1562ca3@mail.gmail.com> <94136a2c0901070530q7f4be8d4t8324a7b412a67d6b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0901070530q7f4be8d4t8324a7b412a67d6b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: 7.0 > 7.1 update problem 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: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:54:38 -0000 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > First of all - thank you Manolis! > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 14:23, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > >> I don't use freebsd-update myself. I still use csup and the long procedure, >> but I have a question on the GENERIC kernel. You say he does not need to >> recompile anything? Does that mean freebsd-update pulls in a new GENERIC >> kernel based on the latest source tree? >> > > Based on what I have NOW read :) (but should have studied ealier), I > do not think I need to compile a generic kernel. > > "If the system was running with a custom kernel, use the nextboot(8) > command to set the kernel for the next boot to /boot/GENERIC (which > was updated):" > > I hope I am not wrong again... > > Thanks! > > If you had a /boot/GENERIC directory, then it was upgraded. If not, and you already compiled a kernel yourself before the second freebsd-update install you still have a 7.0 kernel. But after you run freebsd-update install for the second time the sources are updated anyway, so you can build the kernel of your choice