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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:39:28 +0100
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>, slafla@home.com
Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: current breakage
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On Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 01:11:07PM -0600, Karl Denninger wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 08:54:02AM -0800, Scott Long wrote:
> > My dmesg output is:
> > 
> > Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc.
> > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
> > FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #2: Thu Mar 19 20:25:03 PST 1998
> >     scottl@cx67628-a.dt1.sdca.home.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/SLAFLA
> 
> Aeeeeeeiiiiii!!!!
> 
> Get that kernel off the system RIGHT NOW.
> 
> You MUST, and I repeat - MUST - immediately back out to roughly March 12th,
> then update your kernel source tree to AT LEAST Friday and rebuild a new
> kernel.

I don't know what the case is here (likely he is running a hosed
kernel), but using dmesg output to say which kernel source version
people is running is just wrong..

Please don't stomp all over the guy before having checked.

My dmesg says I've built my system on March 17, in the middle of the
bad period.  This is quite correct, and I'm running March 13 sources
(before the breakage).  I've re-compiled to test other changes.


And now I'll repeat Karl's advice: If that kernel is built from the
-current sources of vintage newer than March 12 and older March 21,
back down to March 12 or older, and the recompile true -current.
Other kernels will cut your disks to tiny slices.

Eivind.


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