Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 08:23:51 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: mho <mtl@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Misleading statements in src/UPDATING Message-ID: <200007221423.IAA11774@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:26:42 EDT." <p04320401b59eec55e939@[24.200.181.228]> References: <p04320401b59eec55e939@[24.200.181.228]>
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In message <p04320401b59eec55e939@[24.200.181.228]> mho writes: : 1. The very first line of the UPDATING file (1.73.2.8) says: : "Updating Information for FreeBSD current users" : : The word "current" suggest that it is only valid when tracking : -CURRENT. Which I don't think is the case so it really should be : changed to say (or am I wrong?): : : "Updating Information for FreeBSD -STABLE users" OK. It is authoritaive : 2. Just **before** all the information in the COMMON ITEMS section : (on how to build a kernel, make world, update /dev etc) is the : statement: : : 20000315: : FreeBSD 4.0 RELEASE. The rest of this file is historical ^^^^ section : and will be removed in the future. : : Which basically renders all the information after that on how to make : kernel and everything else irrelevant. So it should really be removed : or rearranged so that it is clearly stated as the Correct and Current : Way to do Things (or I am completely wrong?). No. That's supposed to just reffer to the entries after it, not the common items. : I would really appreciate if someone could enlighten me on this, and : tell me exactly whether the UPDATING file is relevant to -STABLE, and : whether the COMMON ITEMS section is actual up to date information on : how to upgrade or only old historical information. Yes. It is relevant. : Also is the precedure in how "To build a kernel" (more precisely, : using make buildkernel) applicable only when upgrading from 3.x to : 4.0? or for any upgrade within 4.0-STABLE? (did the problem with : binutils only affected people coming from 3.0 or also from : 4.0-RELEASE?) It is applicable whenever you update sources. It takes care of all the dependencies that occur between arbitrary points in the project. You may get lucky and not need to do it, but if you don't do it and something fails, you are on your own. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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