In message <14162.35022.502546.522...@r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com> Robert Huff writes: : How often _do_ people rebuild their kernels? (On non-testing : machines.)
On my stable machines never, or very rarely. I have machines in my basement that tend to have 200-500 day uptimes between reboots (I like my UPS), and I put a new kernel on every 10 reboots or so (note that just because we typically have 200 day uptimes doesn't mean it is 2000 days since I last rebuilt the kernel). On the machine I'm typing on right now, it varies from every couple of minutes to every couple of weeks. I do a 'config HARMONY' only when required. On the machines at work in the test lab, I build between 50 and 200 kernels in a week. I do about 1 config a week, since the kernel is fairly stable (we don't track -current or -stable, but pick good points in time), modulo whatever bug(s) I'm working on. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
