On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > Dear FreeBSD'ers, > > I have just upgraded to 4.1-RC successfully -- sources as of few hours > ago. > > Incidentally, a 'make kernel=WHATEVER build/installkernel' actually > built /GENERIC, but this is a minor/negligible issue: I rebuilt my > customized kernel in the old standard way. That's because the variable name is 'KERNEL' not 'kernel' :-) I've also found that it doesn't necessarily propagate, and set it in make.conf. > My understanding was that the build/installkernel procedure served the > purpose of making **major** transitions possible, whether or not a > major RELEASE upgrade was involved; whereas the well-known "classical" > procedure could be used in all other cases/situations. In particular, > the "classical" procedure could be employed after ordinary source > upgrades. The classical method is still valid if you aren't upgrading source, e.g. rebuilding an existing kernel with new options/devices/etc. > >From now on, am I supposed to be systematically using "make > build/installkernel each and every time I cvsup my sources ? What > [have I missed/] am I missing ? Yes, you are correct. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
