When is BuildWorld necessary?

[pauls at utdallas.edu]

--On September 17, 2006 1:37:27 PM +0200 pobox at verysmall.org wrote:

> pauls at utdallas.edu wrote:
>> No one has mentioned the security/freebsd-update port.  With that you
>> can apply updates to the kernel and world without having to build them
>> *if* (and only if!) you are running a GENERIC kernel.  For remote
>> administration, this may be a good option for some.
>
> I read that this can be used _only_ nothing has been re-compiled
> locally, of have I missed something?
>
> We have custom kernel due to database needed optimizations.
>
That's correct.  If you have a custom kernel, you cannot use 
freebsd-update.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/