i got the impression that sources were in some inconsistent state.

if the only change is the new system call, isn't it sufficient to:

* pull only /sys/src/9
* build the kernels you need and install on boot medium
* reboot
* pull again and rebuild all the binaries

since existing binaries would work on the new kernel?



On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 1:29 AM, David du Colombier <0intro@gmail.com>wrote:

> The safe way to upgrade your file server is simply to update the kernel
> binaries (for example, with the ones I'm providing) on your 9fat and reboot.
>
> Then, you can pull the updated program binaries from /n/sources.
>
> There is no need to wait, because you have to be running the new kernel
> before pulling the new binaires anyway.
>
> In the case you need a custom kernel to boot your file server, you will
> have to grab the changes manually (like
> http://9fans.eu/pegasus/sources/plan9/plan9-2014-05-15.diff), and
> recompile/reinstall/reboot your kernel.
>
> --
> David du Colombier
>