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| author | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-26 06:25:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-26 06:25:11 +0000 |
| commit | 63cb445e514ab9149e6ee07329f1917474458cec (patch) | |
| tree | 50e7b74669b4d7a577d443cad7b1b34a16c67111 /UPDATING | |
| parent | fc8c157fad0c1e9bd51c96e879148bda7d3bdd53 (diff) | |
| download | src-test-63cb445e514ab9149e6ee07329f1917474458cec.tar.gz src-test-63cb445e514ab9149e6ee07329f1917474458cec.zip | |
A simple make world is too dangerous for most upgrades. Instead, copy
the updating from stable section, and remove the kludge-o-rounds that
are in there.
Sometimes make world is safe, sometimes not. Let's document the safe
way to deal.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=105979
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
| -rw-r--r-- | UPDATING | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index b5e6a31a9fe5a..204cc7ce899bc 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -1001,8 +1001,20 @@ COMMON ITEMS: To rebuild everything and install it on the current system. ----------------------------------------------------------- - make world - Build a new kernel, see above. + # Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than + # is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current. + + <maybe fix /etc/fstab> [7] + make buildworld + make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE + make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE + [1] + <reboot in single user> [3] + mergemaster -p [5] + make installworld + mergemaster [4] + <reboot> + To upgrade from 4.x-stable to current ------------------------------------- |