Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:01:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r345053 - head Message-ID: <201903120601.x2C61hLe010444@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Tue Mar 12 06:01:43 2019 New Revision: 345053 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/345053 Log: Tweak wording a little. Submitted by: peterj@ Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Tue Mar 12 05:10:41 2019 (r345052) +++ head/UPDATING Tue Mar 12 06:01:43 2019 (r345053) @@ -1931,13 +1931,14 @@ COMMON ITEMS: can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make sure that no program is using those libraries anymore. - [8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by - an installworld. When upgrading across major versions, the new - kernel's configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD<n> - option for existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x - binaries). Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is - hard to boot to recover. A GENERIC kernel will include suitable - compatibility options to run binaries from supported older branches. + [8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by an + installworld. When upgrading across major versions, the new kernel's + configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD<n> option for + existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x binaries). Failure + to do so may leave you with a system that is hard to boot to recover. A + GENERIC kernel will include suitable compatibility options to run + binaries from older branches. Note that the ability to run binaries + from unsupported branches is not guaranteed. Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the last time you updated your kernel config file. Options alsohome | help
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