Re: kernel.old not used any longer?

No. doing 'make buildkernel' and 'make installkernel' seperately does
not cause /boot/kernel to be copied to /boot/kernel.old.

-Steve

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 10:39:23AM -0500, Steve Ames wrote:
> I'm trying that now. However on 5.x 'make kernel' installs a kernel.old. On
> 6.x:
> 
> basement# make -n kernel
> cd /usr/src;  PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin `if [ -x
> /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make ]; then echo
> /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make; else echo make; fi`  -m
> /usr/src/share/mk -f Makefile.inc1 buildkernel
> cd /usr/src;  PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin `if [ -x
> /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make ]; then echo
> /usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make; else echo make; fi`  -m
> /usr/src/share/mk -f Makefile.inc1 installkernel
> 
> 'make kernel' executed both 'make buildkernel' and 'make installkernel' so
> I'm guessing it won't but I'll know for sure in a few minutes.
> 
> -Steve
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Anderson" <anderson_at_centtech.com>
> To: "Steve Ames" <steve_at_energistic.com>
> Cc: <freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:35 AM
> Subject: Re: kernel.old not used any longer?
> 
> 
> > Steve Ames wrote:
> > > I just noticed yesterday that there hasn't been an update to
> /boot/kernel.old
> > > since sometime in August. Yesterday was my first bad kernel on -CURRENT
> and
> > > I fell back to /boot/kernel.old/kernel and was suprised that it was that
> old.
> > >
> > > When did 'make kernel' stop copying /boot/kernel to /boot/kernel.old? It
> still
> > > seems to have that behavior on 5.X. I checked UPDATING but didn't see
> anything
> > > on this behavior change. Nor could I find a knob in make.conf.
> > >
> > > Is this user error somewhere?
> >
> > Using 'make buildkernel ...' and 'make installkernel ...' does the
> kernel.old
> > dance correctly.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
> > A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
>