Re: Newbie have some questions about NetBSD

[Cem Kayali <cemkayali%eticaret.com.tr@localhost>]

Hello,

I'm NetBSD current-user and briefly;

> > > If I use Release Branch,what's the different with Stable Branch,is
that like FreeBSD Standard source code,just fix some security
problems?

Please check http://netbsd.org/releases/release-map.html page. There is a good 
chart there explaning differences.


> > > Should I rebuild the system via source code? or only need rebuild
kernel.I remember in the FreeBSD,when us update system we should
rebuild world and then rebuild kernel.What about in the NetBSD?


Well, if you would like to use release branch, just download appropriate NetBSD 
4.0 iso image, and burn it. Then install. If you would like to make changes, 
get source code via FTP or anoncvs and compile according to your needs.

Please also check http://www.netbsd.org/docs/current/ page, although this page 
is for current version, there is a good section named as 'Updating an existing 
system' and this section shows you how to update your system both kernel and 
userland.

userland means scripts and libraries that comes with NetBSD itself, ie; lib/ 
liexec/ bin/ sbin etc.



> > > By the way,does NetBSD have any special for the CPUTYPE,In the
FreeBSD(/etc/make.conf

I dont have much info about that.


Regards,




Ling Xiaoheng, 09/10/08 03:34:
> I'm the newbie for NetBSD,I always using FreeBSD before.Now I'm
> insteresting in NetBSD.I wanna rebuild it via the source.I read the
> NetBSD Guide Book,I saw there are 3 version about NetBSD source
> code,there are NetBSD release branch,NetBSD stable branch and NetBSD
> current branch.
> If I use Release Branch,what's the different with Stable Branch,is
> that like FreeBSD Standard source code,just fix some security
> problems?
>
> Should I rebuild the system via source code? or only need rebuild
> kernel.I remember in the FreeBSD,when us update system we should
> rebuild world and then rebuild kernel.What about in the NetBSD?
>
> By the way,does NetBSD have any special for the CPUTYPE,In the
> FreeBSD(/etc/make.conf
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make.conf&sektion=5) there
> have CPUTYPE enabling optimisations more specific to my CPU,but I
> can't find any detail information about NetBSD.
>
> I read the chatper about Crosscompiling NetBSD with
> build.sh(http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-build.html), In that
> chapter,I can't understand what is userland use for,is it important?
> And I also can't understand with Static Builds and Toolchais.I'm not
> english native speaker.Who can explain to me more easy to understand.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> linyin.8800.org
>
>