Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:03:18 -0700 From: Keith Seyffarth <weif@weif.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: use of menus crashes Firefox? Message-ID: <84pqrr0xhl.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> In-Reply-To: <E7166327-E3E4-4A10-B682-7ECCB3DABD53@mac.com> (message from Chuck Swiger on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:50:46 -0800) References: <844o957rei.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> <90697FB1-79FD-4766-A01B-B06672D1EB7C@mac.com> <84y66h6491.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> <DE2A236B-F560-4300-B177-9620C405CE85@mac.com> <84vd1l61uf.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> <AANLkTi=G-fWc06hQTyxdMTJkb%2Bg98it0uOFGZdkpdO3i@mail.gmail.com> <84pqrt5xet.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> <8F60CE40-A466-4917-AE10-B63F4026B0D9@mac.com> <84wrm029cb.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> <89C5FBDD-5D13-4A94-97CE-CCF9D7056CA2@mac.com> <847hdzqe6i.fsf@maxwell.cjones.org> <E7166327-E3E4-4A10-B682-7ECCB3DABD53@mac.com>
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Chuck, > Nope, not if you cvsup or use csup (which comes with the system > already, most likely) to RELENG_7_2 or RELENG_7, the latter of which > would give you 7-STABLE, which is approaching 7.4 nowadays. > >> I suspect that would not have the desired end result of a running >> computer... > > Actually, you can run a 7.x userland under a 8.x kernel. > That's how a major version update of FreeBSD from source is supposed > to work. :-) > >> Or should I just build the kernel with what's currently in /usr/src? > > That should also work. But it's beneficial to update your sources for > the version you wish to run, since you will gain security changes > which have been made since.... Thanks again. Got /usr/src updated. Got a new kernel built. FreeBSD janet.weif.net 7.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.4-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Jan 20 19:39:15 MST 2011 weif@janet.weif.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/JANET i386 Kernel booted, x started, firefox started, firefox closed without crashing. now to uninstall FF3.5 and install FF3.6 Keith
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