From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 20 01:12:23 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5842872; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:12:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78E888E; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:12:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r3K1CNDC081183; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:12:23 GMT (envelope-from imp@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from imp@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.5/Submit) id r3K1CNqN081181; Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:12:23 GMT (envelope-from imp@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201304200112.r3K1CNqN081181@svn.freebsd.org> From: Warner Losh Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:12:23 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r249665 - head X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:12:24 -0000 Author: imp Date: Sat Apr 20 01:12:23 2013 New Revision: 249665 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/249665 Log: Add note about fagility of the clang upgrade process. Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Sat Apr 20 00:33:37 2013 (r249664) +++ head/UPDATING Sat Apr 20 01:12:23 2013 (r249665) @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ handbook: Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in /usr/ports/UPDATING. Please read that file before running portupgrade. +NOTE: FreeBSD has switched from gcc to clang. If you have trouble bootstrapping +from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG and WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC to +bootstrap to tip of head, and then rebuild without those options. The bootstrap +process from older version of current is a bit fragile. + NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW: FreeBSD 10.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel and userland. These features attempt to detect incorrect use of