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| author | gad <gad@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-03-17 01:59:47 +0000 |
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| committer | gad <gad@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-03-17 01:59:47 +0000 |
| commit | fc9687ad3ceb3b017fef0aa4720106a33e4b5733 (patch) | |
| tree | 1c5b5e004919f5e2398a22c47217d4f1dd3615dd | |
| parent | b4d98c68558acbe9782e24963999f922d52ccf28 (diff) | |
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Add a tip for people who are using database-related ports on a sparc64
system that they intend to upgrade to 64-bit time_t.
Noticed by: Roderick van Domburg
| -rw-r--r-- | UPDATING.64BTT | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/UPDATING.64BTT b/UPDATING.64BTT index 16c5a23..6b04d25 100644 --- a/UPDATING.64BTT +++ b/UPDATING.64BTT @@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ Step Pre-4: For sparc64 machines which need DHCP: that port and make sure you can get it working *before* you make the change to use 64-bit time_t's. +Step Pre-4: For people using database-related ports: + Ports like PostgreSQL may change how they store data after + they are recompiled for 64-bTT. So, you may have to do a + full dump of your data while you still have a 32-bTT system, + and do a matching initdb/restore of your data after the port + has been recompiled on the upgraded 64-bTT system. + After you have built and installed that src-snapshot with 32-bit time_t's, edit the file /usr/src/sys/sparc64/include/_types.h find the line: |
