Date: 30 Oct 1999 02:06:49 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP & buildworld Message-ID: <86yacliuee.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: Matthias Teege's message of "Fri, 29 Oct 1999 19:05:23 %2B0200" References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910291723230.8049-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <19991029190523.B29960@moon.mteege.de>
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Matthias Teege <matthias@mteege.de> writes: > On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 05:24:57PM +0100, J McKitrick wrote: > > OK, i read the HOW-TO on buildworld. But i still have a question about > > mergemaster. I didn't see it mentioned in the 47 page doc i read. Is > > this used after installing the new world? > > If i understand correctly, i want this order, right? > > 1. CVSUP > > 2. Build new kernel > > 3. build world/install world > > 4. mergemaster > > make 3 befor 2. > Matthias I hate it to be the `bad' guy of the affair, but if I recall it correctly, it was a few days ago that someone pointed out that a new kernel will always(?) work with an old world. The reverse however is not true. So building and booting a new kernel is probably the right thing to do after cvsup. -- Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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