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#! rnews 1543 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!cs.utexas.edu!atlantis.utmb.edu!news From: "Ernest C. Hymel" <ehymel@utmb.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: cvsup and make'ing new system Date: 22 Apr 1997 16:32:14 GMT Organization: University of Texas Medical Branch Lines: 31 Message-ID: <01bc4f3a$65d92b80$27366d81@masscomp> NNTP-Posting-Host: masscomp.utmb.edu X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39532 Hi all, I'm running FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE, and cvsup about 1-2x/wk. My question is: what is the best way to update my system after doing this cvsup? I know I can run 'make world', but this takes a couple of hours, which is silly for only a few changes. Over the last year, I've accumulated this sequence, which is what I now use: > cvsup cvsup-file > cd /usr/src > make mk > make depend > make all > make install I know all the make lines can be combined into one (make mk depend all install). My question though is this still overkill? Am I missing anything? This procedure works, but sometimes takes a while. Also, what changes should I look for following a cvsup that tells me it's time to re-compile my kernel? By the way, I've searched www.freebsd.org in archives, handbook, etc. Pointers to information that I've missed would be great. Please cc: my email (ehymel@utmb.edu), and I'll post a summary of answers I get. Thanx--Ernie Hymel