thanks a lot! tian
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Jonathan Adams <jonathan.adams at sun.com>wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 03:55:25PM -0800, Tian He wrote: > > > For what it's worth, I definitely recommend using bfu rather than > > > Install. The latter is a bit faster, but unless you're positive that > > > you're modifying only kernel bits and that your new kernel _exactly_ > > > matches the existing user space (including all the undocumented > > > > > > > I wonder how I can be absolutely sure of this. Is that something that > comes > > with years of experience? Is there a recommended path to reach that > level? > > As a rule of thumb, I always BFU to (usually) the closest daily build > before using Install. Being inside the Sun firewall, I have the advantage > of access to nightly builds generated by the ON gate staff, though. > > If I were doing a project outside SWAN, I'd use BFU the first time, > and then if my changes were kernel-only, Install to test intermediate > builds. After syncing up with the gate, I'd run a non-incremental > nightly(1), > BFU the results, then Install from there. > > If your changes cross the U-K boundry, you typically know it; the above > is mostly to save you from unexpected dependencies from *other* putbacks. > > Cheers, > - jonathan > > -- One way leads to another -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/on-discuss/attachments/20091205/8bb79657/attachment.html>
