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author | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-11-13 00:10:43 +0000 |
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committer | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-11-13 00:10:43 +0000 |
commit | 6cc414b2dd327b08b0dd7542d8687f4ba126ebab (patch) | |
tree | acba6309a33146b2d4cb44566fabfcad41bf8df9 /UPDATING | |
parent | 989e0408dd51d21255e54cb9fcf2da8c629d743d (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-6cc414b2dd327b08b0dd7542d8687f4ba126ebab.zip FreeBSD-src-6cc414b2dd327b08b0dd7542d8687f4ba126ebab.tar.gz |
Warn that you won't be able to build a kernel if you do an installworld
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -18,14 +18,22 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 5.x IS SLOW: to maximize performance. 20031112: - The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to allow - accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem sizes. You should - build and boot a new kernel BEFORE doing a `make world' as the new - kernel will know about binaries using the old statfs structure, - but an old kernel will not know about the new system calls that - support the new statfs structure. Running an old kernel after a - `make world' will cause programs such as `df' that do a statfs - system call to fail with a bad system call. + The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to + allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem + sizes. You should build and boot a new kernel BEFORE doing a + `make world' as the new kernel will know about binaries using + the old statfs structure, but an old kernel will not know + about the new system calls that support the new statfs + structure. Running an old kernel after a `make world' will + cause programs such as `df' that do a statfs system call to + fail with a bad system call. + + ****************************DANGER******************************* + + DO NOT make installworld after the buildworld w/o building and + installing a new kernel FIRST. You will be unable to build a + new kernel otherwise on a system with new binaries and an old + kernel. 20031112: Some netgraph string length constants have been changed. This |