Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 23:18:52 -0800 (PST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@venus.GAIANET.NET> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current build fails Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910312317110.344-100000@venus.GAIANET.NET> In-Reply-To: <19991031231435.C10904@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 02:43:47PM -0700, Vincent Poy wrote: > > > > Yes, I am still running -current. I read the -current mailing > > list on a more regular basis than most of the people out there. > > By what measure? I think you've shown the opposite. I guess I better say that I'll read the lists more slowly next time. > > I have always read the -current mailing list but you have to > > remember that by the time I do the update, the known problem should > > already have been gone. > > Hum... From E-day and C-day you didn't learn that not all things are > "problems"? I never said they were. > > I did read the UPDATING file and search the list as soon as I posted > > and fixed the problem on my own. I was just worried that rebooting > > with a new kernel before a world build might actually render the system > > bootless. > > Aren't you enough of a FreeBSD sysadmin to know your previous kernel is > available as /kernel.old and that you can specify the kernel used at the > boot prompt? That would work if you were sitting in front of the machines. All my machines are over 500 miles away. Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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