Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 21:42:28 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: jriffle@ns.kconline.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wanting to 'make world' to upgrade Message-ID: <199607182142.VAA09526@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960718015858.15402B-100000@ns.kconline.com> (message from Jim Riffle on Thu, 18 Jul 1996 02:04:30 -0500 (EST))
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>>>>> Jim Riffle <jriffle@ns.kconline.com> writes: > > I was considering upgrading from 2.1.0-Release to 2.1.5-Release via > the ctm deltas for 2.1.0-Stable, but have a few questions about this. > > 1. Would doing a make world clobber my /etc directory? No, you have to merge in changes to /etc by hand. > 2. I would like to do this in a running system, I really do not want to > take the system down to single user mode to do this, does this pose a > problem? Strictly speaking you should, but I've never had any problems doing it in multi-user mode. I was very cautious about using system programs while it was installing, though. > 3. If I were to upgrade in this fashion, what would "uname" report the > kernal as being after I recompile it? "2.1.0-Stable" or "2.1.5-Release" You have to re-compile the kernel separately after 'make world' has finished. I'm not sure offhand whether it would show up as 2.1.5-stable or 2.1.5-release, but it won't be "2.1.0-stable". > 4. Any other concerns anyone can thing about doing it this way? Would it > just be better to boot off the floppie and do an "upgrade" install? It may well be easier and quicker that way. Even with a top-range Pentium with lots of RAM, it will probably take 3-4 hours to do a 'make world' (it takes 5-6 hours on my P100). -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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