From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 10 22:19:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from web3103.mail.yahoo.com (web3103.mail.yahoo.com [204.71.202.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B18237B9AD for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:19:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsstan@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20000711051912.20018.qmail@web3103.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [206.141.200.60] by web3103.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:19:12 PDT Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:19:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Stanaford Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --- Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > I think the buildkernel and installkernel have been "promoted" to a > function they are not designed for. I don't think these targets are fit > to be "the only supported" targets and should not be advocated nor > evaluated as such. So we will have to continue to be judicious in the use of buildkernel... i.e only in the context of tracking changes committed to STABLE. Changes to the local system, such as hardware upgrades, will require rebuilding the kernel with the "old" method. Right? In other words, is now more than one way to hang ourselves. We just need to make sure to choose the correct rope. *snicker* 8-) -Richard __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message