Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> 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.
I have to make a point here and that is I like the current
arrangement. I would much rather have installkernel make a file called
MYKERNEL than have it make all kernel's as "kernel". I think that as
we follow Stable or Current, we need to create a GENERIC that goes
along with them. When you don't have a clue, boot GENERIC. It may not
solve anything but it is a data point. I don't like having all of my
kernels called kernel because of this. I would much rather mv RUBY to
kernel than mv kernel to kernel.GENERIC or GENERIC and
re-installkernel for RUBY. I follow upgrades with my general setup and
only at significant places do I create a GENERIC. I have a shell
script that moves RUBY, for example, to kernel and I don't touch
GENERIC.
Kent
>
> HTH
>
> > -Jr
> >
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