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authornetchild <netchild@FreeBSD.org>2010-12-20 15:17:34 +0000
committernetchild <netchild@FreeBSD.org>2010-12-20 15:17:34 +0000
commit17886985855b2679e5479ecc5effa42d979bd3ac (patch)
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parent6135a630c9901d6b8285d8056542ae6c59cefcbb (diff)
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Suggest to run the delete-old target after the second mergemaster. If you run
it before, your rc scripts may still reference old files/directories and if you are in the unlucky situation to have triggered a reboot (intentionally or not) between the delete-old run and the mergemaster, your system may not start anymore. While I'm here, give a hint about delete-old-libs. Noticed by: bcr (luckily in a discussion and not by getting hit by this) MFC after: 1 week
-rw-r--r--UPDATING8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 9b42760..0323738 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -1136,8 +1136,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
<reboot in single user> [3]
mergemaster -p [5]
make installworld
- make delete-old
mergemaster -i [4]
+ make delete-old [6]
<reboot>
@@ -1174,8 +1174,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
<reboot in single user> [3]
mergemaster -p [5]
make installworld
- make delete-old
mergemaster -i [4]
+ make delete-old [6]
<reboot>
Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
@@ -1218,6 +1218,10 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
+ [6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
+ can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
+ sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
+
[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
your kernel. Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
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