> Very well thanks for the explanation that's very kind of you. :)
>
> So essentially if things does not work, this could be a "flag day" and
> I could get a snapshot of compiled -stable userland somewhere?
>
> Maybe a more fundamental question... `make build` did not have any
> errors when it was done under the older kernel, so the userland should
> have been already been built have they? (Which means it should now be
> running stable kernel with stable userland.)
>
> Anyway, I have just rebuild the stable kernel, and if the my
> assumption above is true, then now I have just build the stable kernel
> with stable userland running on a stable kernel?
>
> Now I have rebooted again, running the kernel I just have built, and
> now running `make build` again... but now it is a bit different, since
> I am already on stable userland. (still waiting for it to finish.)
>
> 2007/3/10, STeve Andre' <andres@msu.edu>:
> > On Saturday 10 March 2007 03:25:16 Sunnz wrote:
> > > Excuse me if this sounds rude, but can you be a bit more precise about
> > > "Yes, kernel- and user-land want to be in sync.".
> > >
> > > I mean, I have read the FAQ, it says -stable userland and packages
> > > must run on a -stable kernel... which is what I have now, I am running
> > > -stable userland on -stable kernel.
> > >
> > > But the part I want to fix/clarify here is the process of building the
> > > userland. Must -stable userland build by a -stable kernel? I have
> > > tried to build -stable userland with a -stable kernel, which crashed
> > > the system. The userland has already been build now with a -release
> > > kernel; and I have booted the system using -stable kernel, so it is
> > > indeed in sync as now.
> >
> > You aren't being rude--I was being imprecise.
> >
> > The kernel- and user-land are seperate parts, but need to be
> > "in sync", meaning that when kernel changes are made, those
> > changes can affect userland, so the two need to be updated
> > together. When you compile a new kernel and boot with that
> > you are out of sync, but normally works. When it doesn't the
> > developers call a "flag day", meaning that you may have to
> > get a new snapshot of the system and use that, rather than
> > compile. This doesn't happen that often, though.
> >
> > In your case, you compiled a new -stable kernel but found
> > that it didn't work when compiling userland. Compiling the
> > newer userland with the older kernel seems to have worked
> > for you, but you don't really know--not really. In your case
> > you might well be OK, but I'd be hesitant to run something
> > production on it. I'd try the process again and figure out
> > what you did wrong.
> >
> > I hope I wrote something readable this time. ;-)
> >
> > --STeve Andre'
> >
> >
> >
>
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