Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 22:54:10 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion for change of /usr/src/UPDATING (was: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels) Message-ID: <20000802225410.D236@parish> In-Reply-To: <14728.24344.850392.212516@hip186.ch.intel.com>; from jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com on Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:49:12AM -0700 References: <0vd7jsf62b.fsf@cs.uni-magdeburg.de> <20000731030044.A17511@flashcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007092043510.33246-100000@freefall.freebsd. <4.3.2.20000709232757.00b1e6a0@207.227.119.2> <200008012102.PAA86077@harmony.village.org> <398789CD.2DADAB33@gmx.de> <200008021742.LAA92757@harmony.village.org> <14728.24344.850392.212516@hip186.ch.intel.com>
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On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:49:12AM -0700, John Reynolds~ wrote: > > [ On Wednesday, August 2, Warner Losh wrote: ] > > : I am not in favour of putting *that* in UPDATING. Either suggest an > > : appropriate entry in /boot/loader.conf: > > > > Actually, make installkernel was fixed so that you don't need to do > > this. > > > > It was? Did I miss a "HEADS UP" somewhere along the line? I knew that this was > the behavior in -current and it was going to be "MFC"ed ``at some point'' but > when did it occur? > > Seems like this would screw people like me who edited their /boot/loader.conf > file unless we change it back to look for /kernel. > > Thanks for the notice ... I'll make sure to look at stuff and edit > /boot/loader.conf appropriately before I type "reboot" the next time :) > If you add makeoptions KERNEL=kernel #Build kernel "foo" and install "/foo" to your kernel config file it will install it as /kernel without this change; and back up your old one as /kernel.old. I would expect this line in the config file will be harmless (albeit redundant) when the change is MFC'd so you won't have to edit /boot/loader.conf. HTH > -Jr > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > | John Reynolds WCCG, CCE, Higher Levels of Abstraction | > | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 602-868-6512 | > | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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