make installworld fails

[lars at gmx.at]

Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> No.  `UPDATING' mentions running `mergemaster -p' *AFTER* rebooting into
> single user mode, not *BEFORE*.
Yes, sorry, I'm mixing things up.

>> Lately I've skipped that step with no adverse side-effects, saves me one
>> reboot :-)
> 
> You'll start booting into single user mode again, when you try to run
> `make installworld' with an old kernel and have it blow up, leaving you
> with a half installed base system and a lot of `interesting' work in
> front of you.  Or when you install everything without a reboot, replace
> your old working userland and then find out that your new kernel is
> unbootable and your new userland is unusable without a new kernel.
> 
> Booting into single user mode guarantees that you have verified at least
> once that the new kernel works.  There's a very good reason why this is
> recommended :)
You're right, the time saved with one less reboot is not worth the risk
of salvaging a half-updated system.

Thanks for the clarification.

lars.