Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 22:17:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Adam Strohl <adams@digitalspark.net> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: sigset_t changes committed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909292212100.7566-100000@nightfall.digitalspark.net> In-Reply-To: <37F2BA3C.D54CC74B@acm.org>
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Jim Bloom wrote: > I believe this must be fixed. At some point in time, there is going to be > another change to the kernel such that some older version of the code cannot run > on a new kernel. I believe this situation has occurred before. This will lead > to a situation where a new kernel is required before the build and a new build > is required before the new kernel is installed. We cannot have this paradox. FTPing a GENERIC kernel from somewhere would solve this, then just single user the box, make world. Build your kernel. Reboot. I have to side with the people who say that this being a problem for someone means that person shouldn't be running -current. Furthermore, for when 4.0 becomes a -R or -S, ftping in a compiled kernel shouldn't be that hard of a price to pay for going from 3.2. /stand/sysinstall based upgrades could easily seemlessly take care of this, too. I'm sure people are working on a fix for having to do this, but doing it just isn't this big of a deal. Maybe I'm missing something. - ----( Adam Strohl )------------------------------------------------ - - UNIX Operations/Systems http://www.digitalspark.net - - adams (at) digitalspark.net xxx.xxx.xxxx xxxxx - - ----------------------------------------( DigitalSpark.NET )------- - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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