Compiling /usr/sys After CVSUP

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Thu Mar 23 23:29:02 UTC 2006


Chris Maness writes:

>  Is there a way to ONLY compile the deltas after a CVSUP?  I don't
>  think the last security notice warranted a kernel recompile (or
>  maybe it did).

	Even if there is, it's a bad idea.  Various kernel parts
interact in Strange and Mysterious Ways(tm); adding new bits /here/
may cause the contents of a structure or the calling values to code
_there_ to change.
	"Very dangerous.  You go first."


					Robert Huff



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