Subject: Re: make kernel question
To: noud de brouwer <noud@knot.nl>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/03/1997 13:33:40
noud de brouwer writes:
> >noud de brouwer writes:
> >> hi all,
> >> NetAtalk sounded so attractive to me,
> >> so i grabbed the sys.tar.gz from current,
> >> unpacked in a 1.2.1 NetBSD /usr/src creating sys.
> 
> >Unfortunately, you CAN'T just upgrade your kernel.
> 
> >I would suggest that if you want to upgrade to -current, you should
> >upgrade to -current, and not try doing this piecemeal.
> 
> i thought: build kernel and then build binaries

Actually, if you want to upgrade from sources, you have to do it the
other way around, since you need a new userland to build a new kernel
successfully.

> hum..how to get my binaries?
> will the i386 NetBSD-1.2D snap-970324 do??

It will, if you like.

There should be a newer -i386 snapshot up by the weekend, btw.

Perry