svn commit: r43213 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook
Rene Ladan
rene at FreeBSD.org
Fri Nov 22 13:29:30 UTC 2013
Author: rene
Date: Fri Nov 22 13:29:29 2013
New Revision: 43213
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43213
Log:
Expand description of USES=kmod explaining why KMODDIR=/boot/kernel is
a bad idea and therefore rewritten.
Approved by: gjb (mentor)
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml Fri Nov 22 11:49:36 2013 (r43212)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml Fri Nov 22 13:29:29 2013 (r43213)
@@ -144,7 +144,13 @@
<listitem><para>Define <varname>KMODDIR</varname> to <filename
class="directory">/boot/modules</filename> by default, add it
to <varname>PLIST_SUB</varname> and <varname>MAKE_ENV</varname>,
- and create it upon installation.</para></listitem>
+ and create it upon installation. If KMODDIR is set to
+ <filename class="directory">/boot/kernel</filename>, it will be
+ rewritten to <filename class="directory">/boot/modules</filename>.
+ This prevents breaking packages when upgrading the kernel due to
+ <filename class="directory">/boot/kernel</filename> being renamed
+ to <filename class="directory">/boot/kernel.old</filename> in the
+ process.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Handle cross-referencing kernel modules upon installation
and deinstallation.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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