From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 17 16:10:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA10464 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:10:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from enterprise.cs.unm.edu (enterprise.cs.unm.edu [198.59.151.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA10451 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:10:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cfaehl@cs.unm.edu) Received: from avarice.cs.unm.edu [198.59.151.252] by enterprise.cs.unm.edu with esmtp (Exim 1.80 #2) id 0zqnUe-00051b-00; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:10:08 -0700 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Colin Eric Johnson cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: going from 2.2.8 to 3.0, when? In-Reply-To: Message from Colin Eric Johnson of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:40:01 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:10:11 -0700 From: "Chris D. Faehl" Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > So here I am inbetween semesters and I'm think that this is an excellent > time to do an upgrade. So now my question is, what's the planned date for > the -STABLE branch to working on the 3.x code? Should I run with it now? > Don't do it, don't do it, don't try suicide... Sorry, my latent 70's Queen fetish got the best of me for a moment. I took a 2.2.8 box to 3.0 recently. My experience: fraught with pit traps, only for the very cautious and FreeBSD-aware, and still some strange problems. For now, I'd say best to reinstall from floppies. I'll elaborate on some of my problems for the Good Of All. I'd love correction and elucidation. a) cvsup/make buildworld/make installworld worked okay. b) rebuilding a kernel (with appropriate references to new CAM devices) worked okay. c) updated /etc okay, merged my changes with dist changes okay. d) made the new devices for the da? devices okay. e) rebooting couldn't quite get it's act together after that make installworld. "Bad System Call". Okay, I figured something like that might happen. Cold booted, and 3.0-current fsck'd just fine, booted into multi-user without issue. f) some ports broke. In particular, acroread didn't work (probs with a.out libraries and the linux emulator is my best guess). g) After a 'make aout-to-elf', I couldn't login on the console any longer - always "Login incorrect". But I could get in fine via ssh (I had built as a port before I took to elf). h) At that point, Jon wanted his box back ;). > Colin E. Johnson | colinj@unm.edu | http://www.unm.edu/~colinj/ > busily trying to figure out how to get a Players Club card . . . > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Faehl | Email: cfaehl@cs.unm.edu The University of New Mexico | URL: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~cfaehl Computer Science Dept., Rm. FEC 313 | Phone: 505/277-3016 Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA | FAX: 505/277-6927 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message