Fresh System: Kernel should be Rebuilded FIRST or cvsup should be Run FIRST?

Paul Schmehl pauls at utdallas.edu
Sat Nov 18 10:15:52 PST 2006


--On November 18, 2006 6:46:56 PM +0100 VeeJay <maanjee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> On a freshly installed FreeBSD System, what step should be taken first?
>
> Kernel should be Rebuilded FIRST     or     cvsup should be Run FIRST?

It won't do you any good to rebuild the kernel unless you first cvsup the 
new sources.  You'd just be building the same kernel that you already have.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/


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