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* Note recent windows of breakage.imp2001-05-161-1/+20
| | | | | Note new ata subsystem. Add additional files for the portmap change.
* DEVFS is opt in not opt out. Warn about July 1.imp2001-05-141-0/+4
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* Add warning, and resolution, of the fsck and kernel problemimp2001-04-241-0/+9
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* Catch up to the end of march.imp2001-04-221-0/+24
| | | | | | | | o fsck pass changes o portmap changes o fxp needs miibus o wi defaults to BSS mode. o urandom and random are the same
* Spell deprecated correctly (dufault)imp2001-03-021-2/+3
| | | | | | | Suggest mergemaster in the 4.x-stable -> current upgrade (fenner) correct path to hints file (fenner) Submitted by: dufault, fenner.
* It is now safe to go back into the water.imp2001-02-281-0/+4
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* Sigh. Add note about the FILE FIASCO.imp2001-02-121-1/+29
| | | | | | Also notes about FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT and DEVFS cautions. It is not a good time to live in -current.
* Note change of KERNEL to KERNCONF for building instructions. Peterimp2001-01-221-4/+15
| | | | | | changed this due to the undesirable side effects that putting KERNEL in /etc/make.conf was having on people's lives. Also update the instructions as well.
* Catchup from my holiday lull:imp2001-01-171-0/+17
| | | | | | | o libcrypt not a symlink. o hw.sndunit -> hw.snd.unit o burncd / kernel changes o I386_CPU now mutually exclusive with all other CPU types.
* Spell while the more traditional way.imp2001-01-031-1/+5
| | | | | | | | Submitted by: knu Suggest that maybe rebuilding just libc might also work around this. Suggested by: rgrimes and phk.
* Note problems with vi core dumping for a comple of days, plusimp2001-01-021-0/+9
| | | | workaround.
* Add note about ed driver changes impacting the Linksys cards.imp2000-12-181-0/+6
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* Add new ssh pam support and pam.conf requirements.imp2000-12-051-0/+9
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* Fix a couple of typosmarko2000-11-161-2/+2
| | | | Approved by: Warner
* Try to catchup with my UPDATING backlog:imp2000-11-031-0/+30
| | | | | | | | | o cvs 1.11 o /dev/random o sendmail o password default change Please look at these entries and let me know if I've forgotten anything, or if my understanding doesn't match reality.
* Fix a typo in a date line. I wouldn't normally ignore MAINTAINER, but thenik2000-10-291-1/+1
| | | | | | | PR's been assigned to Warner since June. PR: docs/18835 Submitted by: shirota@mbox.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp
* rm miniperl && cd /usr/ports && cvs update -PAd now recommendedimp2000-10-091-0/+9
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* Add upcoming ports layout changesimp2000-10-051-0/+7
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* Note about moving kernel names.imp2000-09-171-0/+5
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* hint vs hints typoimp2000-09-161-1/+1
| | | | Submitted by: "Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen" <ncbp@bank-pedersen.dk>
* Add warning about laptops needing pmtimer device for proper suspend/resumeimp2000-09-161-0/+9
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* Another Sept 5 change forces a new mountd since the old mountd panicsimp2000-09-141-0/+9
| | | | the kernel, according to Mike Smith.
* The entropy device is no longer an option in the kernel,markm2000-09-121-0/+12
| | | | | it is a (pseudo-)device. Document this for the upgrading masses.
* Fix 1.117 as requested by DES, but in a different way. Generallyimp2000-09-121-6/+4
| | | | | degrumpify it, and add pointer to module problem that I had hit with a stale Linux module when I upgraded to SMPNG code.
* Add warning from Sheldon and others about stale modulesimp2000-09-111-0/+20
| | | | Add warning from markm about randomdev vs random change in loader
* Add a mild warning for people to expect problems in -current after theimp2000-09-081-0/+5
| | | | | | | | SMPng merge. Suggest 4.x-stable for a while for those people that are unable or unwilling to cope with problems. After 6 hours of use tonight, my gut tells me that we're going to have lots of problems crop up in the coming weeks.
* Add note about SMPNG commit.imp2000-09-071-0/+4
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* Revamp boot message. Get the path names right.imp2000-09-071-4/+5
| | | | Submitted by: "Dampure, Pierre Y." <pierre.dampure@alveley.org>
* Fix typosmarko2000-09-061-3/+3
| | | | Approved by: Warner
* NewBSD nsswitch ported to FreeBSD.imp2000-09-061-0/+7
| | | | Submitted by: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
* First cut at new boot loader.imp2000-09-061-0/+6
| | | | Rip it to shreds so that it is better, please :-)
* Add a note about /etc/aliases moving /etc/mail/aliases and the problemsimp2000-09-041-0/+10
| | | | | | | | | that causes in updating. Submitted by: Robert Watson [[ NB: marko and I are trying an experiment: he'll try to fix typos quickly in UPDATING, while I concentrate on content. ]]
* Correct minor typosmarko2000-09-041-7/+7
| | | | | PR: 21022 Submitted by: Daniel S. Lewart <d-lewart@uiuc.edu>
* Add note about avoiding -j when following the upgrade path. It isn'timp2000-09-041-1/+10
| | | | | strictly verboten, just a recommendation to avoid problems. Add note about LINT being built from NOTES.
* Expand information about device.hints. Add information in theimp2000-08-291-1/+17
| | | | | | | | cookbook section about needing to copy GENERIC.hints to /boot/device.hints, as well as a footnote about exceptions to this rule. Partially suggested by: obrien
* /boot/device.hints is now required.imp2000-08-281-4/+10
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* New suidperl instructions.imp2000-08-131-0/+8
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* Add excellent entry written by gshaprio for his import of Sendmailimp2000-08-121-0/+14
| | | | | | 8.11.0 into the tree. Good job Gregory! Submitted by: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@freebsd.org>
* Add stuff:imp2000-08-101-0/+21
| | | | | | | o BUILD_SUIDPERL replaces NOSUIDPERL o New /etc/rc.conf settings for secure networking may require changes to those upgrading. o nullfs in loader.conf.
* o Move to recommending the {build,install}kernel targets for updating fromimp2000-08-101-9/+21
| | | | | | | older versions of FreeBSD. o Continue to document the old way of doing it with a warning stating if that doesn't work, to do the {build,install}kernel thing. o minor wordsmithing on what a make world really is.
* Add a reminder note to people to disable third party modules at theimp2000-08-101-0/+5
| | | | | right place in the upgrade proceedure so that they don't get burned by a crash on reboot.
* Type in FreeBSD capitalizationimp2000-08-061-1/+1
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* Add entry on the installkernel changes as well as more grumpy notesimp2000-08-061-1/+18
| | | | | about needing to be on -current to track -current. Tweak the 4.0 -> 4.x version stuff.
* typos from asmodai, one important for device.hintsimp2000-07-271-4/+4
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* alex@big.endian.de (Alexander Langer) noticed that I point at LINT,imp2000-07-191-2/+2
| | | | which no longer exists. Updating the entry accordingly.
* Take jdp's excellent message to -current about the internat cryptoimp2000-07-161-0/+17
| | | | | | files and put it in my freebsd web area. Rewrite the entry in UPDATING to point to it the message and hopefully not confuse people like the old one did.
* Two entries:imp2000-07-131-0/+15
| | | | | | o Mark M has updated the random device to harvest entropy. Put instructions to tell people how to cope. o add entry about phk's malloc changes.
* Add warning about needing to set SYSDIR to build new kernels afterimp2000-07-071-0/+4
| | | | | | July 4th due to the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/* being added to the tree. You will need to do this until you do a make installworld with my bsd.kmod.mk change.
* Add information on libftpio version backoff. Also mention the cryptoimp2000-07-061-0/+14
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* o rc.d now use start/stop, and some scripts may produce warnings.imp2000-07-061-0/+7
| | | | o NOTES replaces LINT. Make a note of it in an older entry.
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