patching 3.9

[Michael Endsley]

On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 21:39 +0200, Nico Meijer wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> I usually just track -stable, which suits me better.
> 
> > After applying the patch, do I "make build" and then "make install" or
> > do I:
> > make build
> > make
> > make install? 
> 
> You just `make build`, BUT you should read `man release` as it contains
> details for building both kernel+userland and XF4.
> 
> Short version. As root:
> cd /usr
> mkdir XF4BLD
> cd XF4BLD
> lndir ../XF4
> make build
> 
> If you use i386, instal tk/tcl versions 8.4 first.
> 
> > OR, as the file states, just do a "make build" and reboot? I don't
> > understand.
> > I have only done one patch before (001) and it was explicit on what to
> > do. 
> 
> That's why I track stable. There's one procedure to follow for kernel
> +userland and one for XF4. I build releases and roll them out to a bunch
> of machines. Save for sliced bread, this is it.
> 
> HTH and good luck... Nico

Thanks Nico. 
In the past, OpenBSD was my back-up system. Now, with 3.9, it is about
my primary system, so I need to learn all this stuff. Before, I just did
binary upgrades (delete old system, install new system). 
I always followed FreeBSD stable, and will probably start tracking
stable here as well. 

Mike

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