cvs commit: src UPDATING

[Alexander Leidinger]

On Thu, 26 May 2005 10:31:03 +0200
Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie at le-hen.org> wrote:

> > +       make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
> > +       nextboot -k testkernel
> 
> wouldn't it be more intuitive to use KERNEL=testkernel instead of
> KODIR=/boot/testkernel, in regards to the nextboot(8) syntax, which
> does not explicitely specify the /boot directory.

I've a lot of experience with KODIR, but no experience with KERNEL. I
was told it does what I want to do too, but I also was told that it is
used in previous major versions of FreeBSD in a different way.

Yes, this is committed to current, not to an older version of FreeBSD.
But FreeBSD 4 also has nextboot (even when it has a different syntax),
and having users which tell other users out-of-context to use KERNEL=xxx
and nextboot may result in frustated users.

Those are my quick thoughts about this. I don't mind if someone else
thinks we should use KERNEL instead and goes ahead and changes the
description.

Bye,
Alexander.

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