Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:00:51 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: beno <zope@2012.vi>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding Kernel Message-ID: <44EAB9B3.6020803@webanoide.org> In-Reply-To: <20060822073129.GC93501@gothmog.pc> References: <44EA1789.5040707@2012.vi> <20060822073129.GC93501@gothmog.pc>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-08-21 16:28, beno <zope@2012.vi> wrote: >> Hi; >> I just barely finished upgrading from 5.3 to 6.1 and all is well, >> however, now I realize I have to rebuild my kernel again to accommodate >> PF. I've edited the correct GENERIC file (I'm on an i386 box). > > Don't edit GENERIC. It's very rarely a good idea. If you spend some > time to fine tune GENERIC to your own particular setup, matching your > own preferences, you may be surprised in a very bad way after the next > CVSup run, when all your local modifications are blown away by CVSup as > it updates your 'GENERIC' configuration to the official GENERIC status. > > It is a *FAR* better idea to copy GENERIC and edit a copy. Most of the > time I even go as far as copying GENERIC _outside_ of the `/usr/src' > tree, i.e. in `/root/kernconf/LOCAL' and symlink that file inside the > source tree, i.e. at `/usr/src/sys/i386/conf'. > >> Are these commands sufficient? >> >> make buildkernel >> make installkernel > > Not necessarily. > >> or do I need to redo all this? >> >> make buildkernel >> make installkernel >> sh /etc/rc.shutdown >> pkill sendmail >> pkill syslogd >> mergemaster -p >> make installworld >> mergemaster >> reboot >> /usr/local/bin/portmanager -u -f -l -y >> make delete-old-libs > > Why are you running `/etc/rc.shutdown' manually? > > Why are you using `pkill' on Sendmail and syslogd? That was just an *example*[1] I gave Beno for the remote upgrade. Apparently, it's been taken very seriously and copy-pasted. Cheers, Mikhail. [1] - http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-August/129129.html -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B
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