Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 05:09:11 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating from 11.3-stable to 12.1-stable? Message-ID: <20200501050911.df5c6649.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <24234.65361.243692.854655@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <mailman.32653.1588244990.21073.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <202004301346.03UDkr12006318@sdf.org> <20200430161449.0cf433ea.freebsd@edvax.de> <24234.65361.243692.854655@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:39:45 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > Polytropon writes: > > > I'd like to add that the order in which kernel and world are > > to be installed, combined with the suggestion to install world > > in single-user mode, is provided to minimize the risk of > > accidentally rendering the systen unbootable or damaged. > > That's why the instructions in /usr/src/Makefile should be > > taken as _the_ recommended method when updating from source. > > > > Check the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile for details. > > Are these instructions identical to the ones near the bottom of > /usr/src/UPDATING? Yes, mostly - the mergemaster calls are a bit different. But Makefile explicitely suggests to see UPDATING for "more complete information", so the entries in UPDATING shouldn't be any worse. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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