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On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 01:36:52PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> This is one of several reasons why one would expect freebsd-update(8) to =
be
> considerate of a custom kernel: it is documented as knowing about
> /boot/GENERIC as the place to put he GENERIC kernel if one builds a
> custom one.
>=20
Let's start from the beginning. What is the name of your custom kernel?
Glen
> Also, I don't think that freebsd-update(8) should, in the course of a nor=
mal
> update, create a situation where the system is not be able to reboot. This
> would have been the case with the system I updated, had I not caught
> the problem.
>=20
> I daresay that a system that stops working after a routine update is
> a violation
> of POLA. ;-)
>=20
> In my case, the GENERIC kernel was installed in place of the custom
> one, without
> modules the system needed -- in either loadable or built-in form. It's ea=
sy to
> prevent this by modifying /boot/GENERIC (which freebsd-update is
> supposed to know
> about) instead of overwriting the custom kernel... and then advising the
> administrator that a new build might be needed.
>=20
> --Brett Glass
>=20
> At 10:26 AM 4/30/2013, Chris Rees wrote:
>=20
> >I agreed with Glen, but when checking the docs it turns out that they say
> >that freebsd-update will detect a kernel in /boot/GENERIC:
> >
> >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html
> >
> >Are the docs wrong, or is this only in new freebsd-update?
> >
> >Chris
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