Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 02:19:10 -0400 From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating from 11.3-stable to 12.1-stable? Message-ID: <20200502021910.372437da4c219eed00a62a79@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <20200502072233.f7cb3f25.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20200427200111.GA39823@rancor.immure.com> <20200428130853.GB39823@rancor.immure.com> <20200429212754.GA1510@rancor.immure.com> <20200501233822.9eace5db0de7ac9043a8201d@3dresearch.com> <20200502072233.f7cb3f25.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 07:22:33 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > [...] > > > > According to > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/makeworld.html the > > correct order is: > > > > # make buildworld > > # make buildkernel > > # make installkernel > > # shutdown -r now > > # make installworld > > Interestingly, this chapter of the handbook does not mention > going into single-user mode anymore, while /usr/src/Makefile > (comment header) and /usr/src/UPDATING (near bottom) still do. > Such a significant difference in documentation should deserve > further investigation... I seem to remember that previous versions of the online page advised that following 'make installkernel' one should reboot into single user mode, 'make installworld', and make a copy of /etc before running mergemaster(8). -- Janos Dohanics
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