Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:25:23 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current Message-ID: <20030129192523.GA43685@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030129191822.GO78848@starjuice.net> References: <20030129191822.GO78848@starjuice.net>
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 09:18:22PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > Hi folks, > > Can anyone think of a good way to implement an installworld / > installkernel seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current? > > What I'm looking for is a way for installworld and installkernel in the > current source to look for some signature in the target filesystem that > suggests that a stable world is about to be upgraded to current. > > I want this because far too many people, far too frequently, update > their source to HEAD by mistake and then end up with current when they > really wanted stable. [1] > > If this can be done cleanly, I'd like to do it. > > If not, I don't want it to be a hack. > > So, ideas on infallible signatures? > /usr/bin/uname -r /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin/uname/uname -r -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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