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Date:      Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:02:19 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Brad Knowles <brad@shub-internet.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Subject:   Re: Does vinum actually currently build under 3.2-STABLE?
Message-ID:  <19990709130219.W6035@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <v04205506b3aa2d288710@[195.238.1.121]>; from Brad Knowles on Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 12:42:02PM %2B0200
References:  <v04205512b3a92c813715@[195.238.1.121]> <19990708083853.F2340@freebie.lemis.com> <v04205506b3aa2d288710@[195.238.1.121]>

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On Thursday,  8 July 1999 at 12:42:02 +0200, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 8:38 AM +0930 1999/7/8, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> Vinum builds under 3.2-STABLE.  I don't know why you're trying to use
>> the wrong version.  Yes, I once said that, at that moment, the
>> -CURRENT version would build under -STABLE.  That was quite some time
>> ago, and it no longer applies.
>
> 	I apologize if I have offended you.  I had not heard that vinum
> 4.0-CURRENT was no longer the version that I should be attempting to
> apply to FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE.

No, you haven't offended me, but you've caused yourself unnecessary
work--see the private mail message I just sent.

> 	The last time I had tried to do anything with vinum, you had
> recommended that I grab your -CURRENT and start over from there, and
> when I started working with vinum again, I tried to largely pick up
> where I left off before.

Right.  As I explained in the other message, you were testing some
stuff then.

> 	It would help me (if no one else) if the documentation you had on
> your web site would be kept a bit more up-to-date as to which
> versions are suitable for use with which versions of FreeBSD, and if
> we're supposed to be using the version that ships with the package,
> says that too.

Right.  I've updated the web page.

> 	I'll then go in and throw bonnie and perhaps some other tools at
> the 4-way striped disk arrays (both vinum and SmartRAID IV) and see
> what kind of difference 1GB of buffer cache can make.  ;-)

It will certainly add to the confusion factor, anyway.

Greg
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