upgrade 5.3b7

[Subhro]

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From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ruben de Groot
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 19:27
To: Gert Cuykens
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: upgrade 5.3b7

<snip>

Read /usr/src/UPDATING

> If i do make installkernel and reboot without make installworld. The
> old kernel will be loaded right ?

Wrong. The new kernel will be loaded with the old world, which is 
generally not a problem. You can then do an installworld and
mergemaster. 

This is a generalized statement. I would just add the word "Generally"
before the previous quote of Ruben. However refer to /usr/src/UPDATING. The
information there always overrides the handbook. For example, updating from
5.2.1 (or lower) to 5.3 first calls for an installworld before the kernel
can be built. Trying to rebuild the kernel with buildkernel in an old world
would surely fail. These kind of deviations are seen with major changes to
the source tree, in this case it's the system compiler upgrade.

Regards
S. 

Subhro Sankha Kar
Block AQ-13/1, Sector V
Salt Lake City
PIN 700091
India
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