A quick one (well, two actually)

[lycanthrope]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nils Holland" <nils at wundi.net>
To: "lycanthrope" <lycanthrope at post.htnet.hr>
Cc: <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: A quick one (well, two actually)


> On Saturday 10 July 2004 22:50, lycanthrope wrote:
> > hello
> > a quick question:
> > I cvsuped to current, did all that makeworld etc, and everything works
> > perfectly :) now,i want to add some options to kernel. There is no need
to
> > do all the "world" proccess again,right? (I did no cvsuping since then).
It
> > is ok to just  "make buildkernel" and installkernel, right? I'm pretty
sure
> > that is OK, since (correct me if I'm wrong,please) "world" process is
> > needed when upgrading,right?
>
> Yeah, you probably wat to make a copy of the GENERIC kernel configuration
file
> and name it something like MYKERNEL. Then add the options you want to add
in
> there, and do a "make buildkernel kernconf=MYKERNEL" and, of course, "make
> installkernel KERNCONF=mykernel". Theoretically you could just as well
mess
> around in GENERIC, but I think that's not a wise thing to do.
>
> > for the second question. every time I go upgrading my BSD system, entire
> > "world" process is needed,no matter maybe a day passed since last
cvsup-if
> > I cvsup to newer, world is needed,right?
>
> Needed ... well, not really. You may get away with just building world or
the
> kernel, but it's generally a good idea to keep world and the kernel in
sync.
>
> As a side note, I guess this question would have been more suitable for
> questions at . ;-)
>
> Greetings,
> Nils


thank you, and thanks to Kent. You both confirmed what I thought it was, so
off I go to customizing my kernel a bit more :)
thanks again