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Date:      Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:48:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
Cc:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Tom Embt <tom@embt.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: upgrading/CVSUPping with bad ISP connection
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912021846330.60690-100000@24-25-220-29.san.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991202114732.75286A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>

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On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, David Scheidt wrote:

> > On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Doug Barton wrote:

> > >	It's also not true that new kernels always work with old
> > >worlds. Especially in the 3.x branch. I just ran into this today where a
> > >a kernel built from sources cvsup'ed to -Stable today would not run in a
> > >3.3-Release (from CD) world. 
> 
> What didn't work in the world? 

	It wasn't the world, it was the kernel. I'm aware of the
kmem-related things. In this case the kernel wouldn't even boot. 

> Use mergemaster.  I think it is in -STABLE now. 

	Yes, it's been imported to both trees. 

Doug
-- 
"Welcome to the desert of the real." 

    - Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, "The Matrix"



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