Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:53:09 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: binary upgrade vs src Message-ID: <20010919105230.U34905-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <200109192049.f8JKnVR21096@ptavv.es.net>
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Hmmm, I thought all you really had to do was to update the /etc with your own settings and compile a new kernel with your own config and that should work. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote: > Yes, it's much faster and often the only way to upgrade in a > reasonable manner. > > The down side is that you are installing a generic set of binaries > built with a GENERIC kernel as opposed to a build for our system. > > If I do a binary upgrade, I then try to download the matching sources > and then re-build the system as I want it. I'm mostly referring to > changes that result from customizations to the kernel configuration and > to /etc/make.conf. > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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