Notes on the acct(5) format switch.

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@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 7.x IS SLOW:
 	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
 	to maximize performance.
 
+20070418:
+	A new acct(5) format is imminent.  If you want to maintain access
+	to your accounting files, use the new lastcomm(1) -X functionality to
+	export them into text format, and keep around a copy of the lastcomm
+	binary.  An updated lastcomm(1) program will allow you to import
+	the text files into the new acct(5) format.  The change will also
+	invalidate the condensed summary files /var/account/savacct and
+	/var/account/usracct.  If your process accounting system relies
+	on them, you will need to save their contents in a readable format
+	before the switch.
+
 20070417:
 	The new trunk(4) driver has been renamed to lagg(4) as it better
 	reflects its purpose. ifconfig will need to be recompiled.