Re: updating from 12/25/1999 -current?

2001-02-20 Thread Herman Tan


--- Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 01:19:13AM -0800, Herman Tan
 wrote:
  Greetings everyone:
  
  Will I run into any problems doing a make world
 from a
  12/25/1999 version of -CURRENT to the latest
 -current?
  I noticed on -RELEASE machines when I went from 
  3.3-R to 4.1-R, I had problems because the loaded
  kernel doesn't have the modules and I had to use
 the
  Generic kernel in 4.1R and reboot the machine. 
 Any
  suggestions?  Thanks.
 
 It can probably be done, perhaps with a bit of
 hoop-jumping (see
 /usr/src/UPDATING), but you may find a binary
 upgrade to be easier.
 
 Kris

Wouldn't there be a problem after the world build
since the currently loaded kernel won't support
certain calls and there would be no way out?  I know a
binary upgrade would work but it would mess up the
/etc directory which I plan to update manually...

HT


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Re: updating from 12/25/1999 -current?

2001-02-19 Thread Kris Kennaway

On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 01:19:13AM -0800, Herman Tan wrote:
 Greetings everyone:
 
 Will I run into any problems doing a make world from a
 12/25/1999 version of -CURRENT to the latest -current?
 I noticed on -RELEASE machines when I went from 
 3.3-R to 4.1-R, I had problems because the loaded
 kernel doesn't have the modules and I had to use the
 Generic kernel in 4.1R and reboot the machine.  Any
 suggestions?  Thanks.

It can probably be done, perhaps with a bit of hoop-jumping (see
/usr/src/UPDATING), but you may find a binary upgrade to be easier.

Kris
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