Bug 13194

Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn 1999-08-17 12:42:49 UTC

> The handbook chapter on building the kernel suggest that if config wont
> rebuild your kernel you update just config...
> 
> this is bogus

If that's what the handbook said, I'd agree that it's bogus. But it
doesn't.

The manpage says that you'll probably need a new config to build a new
kernel. It doesn't mention breakage at all in the paragraphs you're
complaining about.

I think it's good advice, since a mismatched config can often cause
breakage. We're not saying that it's the _only_ cause of breakage.

May I close your PR?

Ciao,
Sheldon.

I will, later tonight or tommorrow, rewrite that text so it is a little
clearer. with all the people coming to freebsd who are from a linux
background, and used to just upgrading the kernel, leaving  that
statement alone. and pointing them to this documentation for reference.
will cause us grief.

Rob

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:12:11 -0400, Robert Garrett wrote:

> I will, later tonight or tommorrow, rewrite that text so it is a little
> clearer.

Feel free to run it by me. However, I honestly think the text is good
the way it is. A config(8) which is mismatched with the sources is a
common cause of problems.

Still, let's see your suggestion. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.

Index: chapter.sgml
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RCS file:
/usr/home/ncvs//doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v

retrieving revision 1.19
diff -d -r1.19 chapter.sgml
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<     </note>
---
>       <para> WARNING: FreeBSD Is not intended to be upgraded in this
manner.
>             if  you are intending to upgrade the whole system please
use the
>             make world facilities or do a binary upgrade from
sysinstall. Other
>             wise some system utilites such as ps, top, and possibly
others
>           might not work as expected.</para>
>      </note>

Hi Robert,

Your text probably does more harm than good, and you're putting it in
the wrong place. I would suggest that text like this would feel more
comfortable under the "Why Build a Custom Kernel?" section.

I'd just explain that recompiling the kernel does not upgrade FreeBSD,
and see the section called "The Cutting Edge: FreeBSD-current and
FreeBSD-stable" for more details on how to upgrade.

Don't mention upgrading with sysinstall, because you usually run into
problems if you try to upgrade to a later release using an installed
copy of sysinstall.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

Comment 6 Sheldon Hearn 1999-10-01 13:05:14 UTC

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