Re: the errors when updating FreeBSD from 6.0-RELEASE to 7.0-CURRENT

Dear Arseny,

Thanks for your advice, and I didn't try to run make installkernel in
the single user mode, but as the indication in /usr/src/Makefile, I can
run it in the multiuser stat. So I think this is a small bug for FreeBSD
CURRENT, and should be write in the UPDATING.

Cheers,
Bill Xu

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# For individuals wanting to upgrade their sources (even if only a
# delta of a few days):
#
#  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'
# 10.  `reboot'
# 11.  `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them
anymore)



在 2006-06-27二的 05:54 +0400，Arseny Nasokin写道：
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 08:32:54AM +0800, Bill Xu wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I installed FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, and then upgraded to 7.0-CURRENT. After
> >  # make buildworld and # make buildkernel, I run # make installkernel,
> > during this stage, it'll use kldxref to generate hints for the kernel
> > loader, but at that time the kldxref in FreeBSD 6.0 can't do this, it
> > must use the kldxref from -CURRENT, so I have to install the new version
> > kldxref manually. This is a contradiction. :(. But after I install
> > kldxref, it didn't work still, because kldxref will use libc.so.7......
> > 
> > and then, I have to rum "# make installworld" before "# make
> > installkernel". that's too bad.
> > 
> > Bill Xu
> > 
> You need fresh install.
> AFAIK, kldxref(8) can be runned _after_ booting in single mode.
> 
> 
> I use "fresh install" with all system updates(minor & major). I do it because -CURRENT changes too fast.
> simple sheme is:
> *
> * update buildworld buildkernel
> * installworld installkernel -DDESTDIR=/path/to/new/place
> * etc merging (for example, by etcmerge(1))
> * boot fixing
> * (optionally) port installing in chroot (or jail) with new system
> * reboot
> 
>