From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jan 21 0:31: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0C2237B401; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 00:31:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from franky.speednet.com.au (franky.speednet.com.au [203.57.65.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B3C743E4A; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 00:31:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from hewey.af.speednet.com.au (hewey.af.speednet.com.au [203.38.96.242]) by franky.speednet.com.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0L8UuIt039868; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 19:30:56 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Received: from hewey.af.speednet.com.au (hewey.af.speednet.com.au [172.22.2.1]) by hewey.af.speednet.com.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0L8UtVd053513; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:30:55 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:30:54 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas X-X-Sender: andyf@hewey.af.speednet.com.au To: David Schultz Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Subject: Re: upgrading from STABLE to 5.0 In-Reply-To: <20030120184433.GB2778@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Message-ID: <20030121182618.R53270-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [cc'd to -current where changes are made] On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, David Schultz wrote: > If you want to run binaries (e.g. ports) compiled for FreeBSD 4.X, > you need the option. If you don't, then you can remove it. > However, if you remove it, your old world may not work with the > new kernel. Therefore, at least for the initial 4.X->5.0 upgrade, > you should leave COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in the kernel config until you > have installed a new world. The option is *compulsary*!!!?!! (well, sort of...) sys/kern/kern_sig.c says: #if !defined(COMPAT_FREEBSD4) && !defined(NO_COMPAT_FREEBSD4) #error "You *really* want COMPAT_FREEBSD4 on -current for a while" #endif A buildworld will bomb if you don't have one of those options set. There is no mention of NO_COMPAT_FREEBSD4 anywhere. -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message