Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 15:07:33 +0200 (SAT) From: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans), mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray), peter@netplex.com.au (Peter Wemm), jabc@rey.moz.com.mx (Juan Amado Becerril Castillo), current@FreeBSD.ORG (current@FreeBSD.ORG) Subject: Re: my make world is broken ! Message-ID: <199910051307.PAA87988@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <37F9BD1B.94F78707@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at "Oct 5, 1999 05:55:55 pm"
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> > > > > > 3: *always* build (or try to) and install a new kernel before a > > > > make world as that's a lot easier to back out of. > > > > > > This badly bites the bum of anyone who uses KLD's regularly. > > > > 4: Don't use modules in -current unless you know what you are doing. > > This normally means not using modules in -current except for ones > > that you are developing. > > This is not actually relevant. If the procedure becomes first kernel > then world, it will affect -stable sooner or later. Obviously, we > have to deal with it _before_ 4.x becomes -stable. And then there is the stuff in /boot. Although not as big a problem, once in a while it grows a new capabilty which is needed to boot a new kernel, so it probably have to be installed before booting with a new kernel? John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@mikom.csir.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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