7/24/01 5:04:04 PM, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 07:11:29PM -0400, Ray Kohler wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:52:32 -0700
>> Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 06:47:04PM -0400, Ray Kohler wrote:
>> >
>> > > Something committed recently (within the last 24 hours) has broken
>> > > networking for me. I can look hosts up just fine but can't connect
>> > > to them (i. e. Netscape, ftp, telnet, etc sit at "connecting to xxx"
>> > > or "trying xxx.xxx.x.xx"). Going back to yesterday's kernel build
>> > > fixes the problem. If you want any more info from me then just ask.
>> >
>> > Did you make world along with your new kernel? How about modules?
>>
>> Didn't make world, but did rebuild modules. (Not that I was using
>> any relevant ones anyway, the only .ko I use is linux ;) And just
>> for the record, I'm not using gif(4).
>
>You have to make world whenever you update your kernel sources.
If a kernel change is that drastic then there ought to be a message in
UPDATING. It shouldn't take an 8-hour process to (say) get a small
bugfix in place. (And please do not just quote UPDATING to me, I've read it.)
I don't want to sound like a troll or flamer but this has never been a hard
requirement before and I don't see why it is now.
To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
