misc/131598: freebsd-update doesn't interact well with custom kernels

[Roy Badami]

The following reply was made to PR misc/131598; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Roy Badami <roy at gnomon.org.uk>
To: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr at gmail.com>
Cc: Roy Badami <roy at gnomon.org.uk>, freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/131598: freebsd-update doesn't interact well with custom kernels
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:04 +0000

 The new handbook documentation looks good - and sorry for having
 missed it.  Has the message given by freebsd-update when running a
 custom kernel been changed to correspond to this new guidance?  If so,
 I agree the problem I experienced is largely solved.
 
 I'd still like to ask the question as to whether it would be more
 appropriate for the kernel sources to be updated along with the kernel
 - rather than along with userland. If nothing else it feels like it's
 the consistent thing to do.
 
 It would also give more options where the procedure described in the
 handbook is difficult or inconvenient (because the GENERIC kernel
 can't boot the hardware - not my situation I hasten to add).  I can't
 see the disadvantage - and it would seem a more logical procedure, too
 - to build the kernel before updating the userland - or are there
 issues with using the wrong toolchain version?  (Hmm, what does "make
 buildkernel" use, then - it uses the toolchain from the current
 installed world, right?, so this procedure should be safe?)
 
 Assuming the message has been corrected, feel free to change this PR to
 a feature request, priority low.
 
 Thanks,
 
 	-roy