From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 16:42:53 2011 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 859A21065678 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:42:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from axelbsd@ymail.com) Received: from nm13.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (nm13.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.146.183.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ECDC38FC25 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:42:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [217.146.183.181] by nm13.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Nov 2011 16:42:51 -0000 Received: from [77.238.184.70] by tm12.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Nov 2011 16:42:51 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp139.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Nov 2011 16:42:51 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ymail.com; s=s1024; t=1320338571; bh=2L5tiTmhZYUMbL8fAK1Omo318e6tOaOOcESz2FEbykU=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Received:Received:MIME-Version:Received:In-Reply-To:References:From:Date:Message-ID:Subject:To:Cc:Content-Type; b=koLyLbTvEEI2mHTAEduFiLYrAGQRrGKeY5L31zEcOIuTBH3Jo2+/8sYsrd+BWOkUUp01qtPrOd/nk3uV72+Q7BLzqezh8XfNY0x7zaZ+2LKV84JAar/S5KHbju8gVb/2w7iISfFd22yrmFaR32uiaTqY+LDij3oVqz7eBIhDZbg= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 675911.46782.bm@smtp139.mail.ukl.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: I.u5dS0VM1kcZnw1Q8HcfG3WhRP_TcSbrM7HOvGm7xFupdH OiB2lf112ZEJGBBHyrcSR_X6Q28ij52AgY2UL0hImFLQ.9Be.6eRW4KOwveV zoc5HaAPL2zpIQjAkBJow1MHsDT2YtTQ6IYZ8x8cd.1YfdUHNdIm4Hmxzk18 Cilr8dyRaaJxAO3PC8AA6a8VCoY842H1yjF6a9mhvi2Q1kFgL15MoxoAtdRM Bm_WDoJjb9PD2lS009KLdHd.zcK6bZJAojttW4n1NQ4298vJPU6rQxxOOtM_ dICaKs4VetkdO_ovq4p4Vsbg8NYSqeKGsB74484SE7jvCb3NVuMklJRUgH4n wJMmL5eJgcig4ylrkTUnanMEPfECYZfpiOFBoEI02t60.SiO2olBZMFcPFJ0 Va31xPb5Z3vPi4qaaQy9awHWrwpkcjRJe7d3WZg6p3Vvw6F7FXeXKXaEs8wC z1bqpiVP4LlzodBY8SKWZFZIDbhmKWJZ29Jef7RwYtEWIDyr8MgLbpN.ckRl QOqv8sFtV X-Yahoo-SMTP: S65s63SswBDjU54Gjqw2GSWlZmfgiEU_X3tN1_9u Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (axelbsd@209.85.161.182 with plain) by smtp139.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 03 Nov 2011 16:42:51 +0000 GMT Received: by ggnk3 with SMTP id k3so107786ggn.13 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:42:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.132.10 with SMTP id b10mr9556052ict.18.1320338570241; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:42:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.223.1 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:42:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111103162654.GD25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> References: <1320335356.50710.YahooMailClassic@web122206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20111103161340.GC25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> <20111103162654.GD25517@eggman.experts-exchange.com> From: Alexandre Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:42:29 +0100 Message-ID: To: Jason Helfman , Michael Sierchio , masayoshi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel) 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: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:42:53 -0000 > > > I beg to differ. If you run a kernel called CUSTOM, it won't work. And if > you run a custom kernel called GENERIC, the moment you upgrade, you custom > kernel is no longer custom. > > All of this aside, I would be interested in hearing how you are able to > avoid non-custom updates to your custom kernel when the kernel or os > patches > are distributed by the update servers. > Hi, The freebsd-update tool works fine with GENERIC and CUSTOM kernels. In fact, GENERIC kernel is upgraded during the upgrade step. With a custom kernel, you just have to rebuild it. This tool update by default the source code, the entire base system, and the kernel. Please read the handbook : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html