Problem completing a 9.1 release to 9.2 release upgrade
Matthew Seaman
matthew at FreeBSD.org
Sun Oct 6 07:08:48 UTC 2013
On 05/10/2013 21:41, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 16:00:25 -0400, Eric Feldhusen wrote:
>> I see my /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC is a 9.2 kernel, so I should just
>> be able to do a
>>
>> cd /usr/src
>> make buildworld
>> make installworld
>> reboot
>>
>> and I'll be running up on the 9.2 kernel and then I'll be all set?
>
> No. You should follow the procedure mentioned in the
> comment header of /usr/src/Makefile. From my (old)
> b-STABLE system:
>
> # 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree).
> # 2. `make buildworld'
> # 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC).
> # 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC).
> # [steps 3. & 4. can be combined by using the "kernel" target]
> # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt).
> # 6. `mergemaster -p'
> # 7. `make installworld'
> # 8. `make delete-old'
> # 9. `mergemaster' (you may wish to use -i, along with -U or -F).
> # 10. `reboot'
> # 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore)
>
> Pick what you need to do. When kernel and world sources are
> in sync, a new kernel can always be installed in multi-user
> mode. To install world, you should drop to single-user mode
> to avoid interferences with a full-featured system running
> in the "background". This procedure (or parts of it) will
> also work when you have been using freebsd-update to modify
> your kernel, world, and sources.
>
Errrmm... The OP is maintaining his system using freebsd-update -- just
building and installing a replacement kernel from the source tree
installed via freebsd-update is in fact perfectly OK and a supported way
to manage a FreeBSD system.
While you are quoting the official instructions from /usr/src/UPDATING
here (so they are completely correct in that sense) these are the
instructions to do something rather different to what the OP intended.
Cheers,
Matthew
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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