From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 10 23: 2: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from vulcan.addy.com (vulcan.addy.com [208.11.142.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D78E37B506; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:02:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fran@reyes.somos.net) Received: from tomasa (freyes.static.inch.com [216.223.199.224]) by vulcan.addy.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA36394; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 02:01:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from fran@reyes.somos.net) Message-Id: <200007110601.CAA36394@vulcan.addy.com> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "Jeff Wyman" , "Vivek Khera" Cc: "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Kris Kennaway" Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 02:00:59 -0400 Reply-To: "Francisco Reyes" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: why new buildkernel (was HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' ..." Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 05:34:10 -0700 (PDT), Jeff Wyman wrote: >The buildkernel process is used _during_ an upgrade. After the >new 4.0 kernel has been booted and appropriate changes have been made to >the system, kernels may be built successfully in the traditional way. Why is this new procedure necessary. I recall reading is because of some new additions, but what were these additions (I have seen the name, but have no clue what they are.. binutils?) and why the new, more cumbersome, procedure? francisco Moderator of the Corporate BSD list http://www.egroups.com/group/BSD_Corporate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message