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author | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-12 21:16:37 +0000 |
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committer | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-12 21:16:37 +0000 |
commit | 44858d9ded687b771a7adf3671b4cfc175fef71e (patch) | |
tree | a113500a893e67961167381fb84fdd3ee629f5c5 /UPDATING | |
parent | ec00cbdb1430fd17bb3f788df606a185247f6240 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-44858d9ded687b771a7adf3671b4cfc175fef71e.zip FreeBSD-src-44858d9ded687b771a7adf3671b4cfc175fef71e.tar.gz |
Sigh. Add note about the FILE FIASCO.
Also notes about FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT and DEVFS cautions.
It is not a good time to live in -current.
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -5,6 +5,34 @@ directly to him. See end of file for further details. For commonly done items, please see the end of the file. Search for 'COMMON ITEMS:' +20010211: + The size of FILE was changed. This breaks upgrading. If + you must upgrade, be prepared for pain. It also breaks almost + all binaries that you've compiled on -current. You are warned + that before upgrading would be a good time to do a level 0 + dump of your system. No, really, I mean it this time. + + To get to the new system, you'll need to use the following + workaround. Hopefully this can be sorted out so that we + don't have to move this to the updating section. + + To get around the installworld problem, do: + # cd /usr/src/usr.bin/sed + # make install + # cd /usr/src + # make installworld + If that doesn't work, then try: + # make -k installworld + # make installworld + +20010207: + DEVFS is now the default. If you use vinum, make sure that you + do not include devfs in your kernel as problems result. + +20010205: + FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT have been removed or depricated. + Remove them from your config. + 20010122: ****************************** WARNING ****************************** buildkernel has been changed slightly @@ -498,7 +526,7 @@ COMMON ITEMS: ------------------------------------- make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE - cp src/sys/${MACHINE_ARCH}/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2] + cp src/sys/${MACHINE_ARCH}/arch/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2] make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE make installworld [1] |