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,
        cperciva at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/131598: freebsd-update doesn't interact well with custom kernels
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:25:58 +0000

 > AFAIK, make buildkernel builds the necessary tools before building the
 > kernel itself.  It should not be a problem at least in minor version
 > upgrades.
 
 Yes.  I was slightly confused by the fact that the toolchain would
 normally be built by "make buildworld", I think, during a source
 upgrade.  I wasn't sure what "make buildkernel" does when it's run
 without a "make buildworld" having been run - in the normal (source)
 scenario there should be no need to build a new toolchain if userland
 hasn't changed.
 
 > Even in source-based upgrades, the kernel is built before the world
 > is installed.
 
 Right - which given the newness of freebsd-update means that's what
 everyone will be expecting to do.
 
 	-roy