From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 6 23:33:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA06555 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 23:33:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA06549 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 23:33:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA00475; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 02:33:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199803070733.CAA00475@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Soft updates inconsistencies... In-Reply-To: <199803070607.AAA00423@friley585.res.iastate.edu> from Chris Csanady at "Mar 7, 98 00:07:54 am" To: ccsanady@iastate.edu Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 02:33:31 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chris Csanady said: > > I recently built a new kernel with the latest soft updates code, and > rebooted. When I went to rm -rf /usr/obj/usr, It spontaneously > rebooted (after a while.) It came up, fsck fixed it (after 1000's > of lines of fixes,) and then booted. The thing is.. this happens > when you try to cd to the /usr/obj/usr: > The soft-updates guys are about ready to commit the code. Also, it will still likely be unstable (only when enabled) for about 2wks more or so. It will also need some testing/regression testing for more bug feedback. The stuff is complex, but will be pretty cool when ready for production!!! My guesstimate is that by about the 1st of April softupdates will be really great. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message