On Wednesday, 5 March 2003 at 13:40:50 -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-03-05T18:04:14Z, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Since kernels have to support old binaries, but not vice versa, you can >> usually reboot with the new kernel and old world and have it work. > > Sometimes, though you can't. I've found myself in the situation where the > old version of vinum(8) wouldn't run against the new kernel, further > complicated by the fact that the new vinum was in /usr/obj, which is on a > vinum volume. > > This hasn't been a problem in well over a year, but it bit me hard once. Is > there an officially-supported guaranteed-to-work method for handling this? > I've been doing: > > make buildworld > cp /usr/obj/usr/src/sbin/vinum/vinum /sbin/vinum.new > ... > > just in case. Is this still a necessary step?
Interesting question. I need to think about an elegant way of solving it. In the past we always did a make world before building a kernel, so it wasn't an issue. Certainly it's a good idea to install the new vinum(8) before rebooting. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers
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