Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 10:53:41 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update and a custom kernel Message-ID: <20141108105341.106436d5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20141108060317.GA45394@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> References: <20141108060317.GA45394@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
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On Sat, 8 Nov 2014 12:03:17 +0600, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Colleagues, > > Is it normal that freebsd-update is going to update my custom kernel? > Should it not leave it alone? > > The following files will be updated as part of updating to 9.3-RELEASE-p5: > /boot/kernel/kernel > /boot/kernel/zfs.ko > /usr/bin/ftp > /usr/bin/gate-ftp > /usr/bin/pftp > [root@admin ~] uname -a > FreeBSD admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru 9.3-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p4 #0 r273644: Sun Oct 26 11:37:20 NOVT 2014 root@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru:/d01/build/obj/d01/build/9.3/sys/ADMIN i386 > [root@admin ~] This depends on your settings in /etc/freebsd-update.conf: If the component "kernel" is enabled, the updated GENERIC kernel will be installed. To avoid this, remove the com- ponent "kernel" from the list. Keep in mind that you _might_ have to rebuild your custom kernel, so it's useful to have the component "src" enabled, which will provide the source version that corresponds to the updated binary installation. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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