Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:52:48 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> To: Studded <Studded@dal.net> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Upgrade 2.2.5-RELEASE to 2.2-STABLE. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980314094942.27517D-100000@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <350A52DD.8330A0AD@dal.net>
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On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Studded wrote: > In fact, I've had evil thoughts about enabling a new kernel feature and > then announcing on the mailing lists how to disable it. This feature > will bring your system to a grinding halt while it's booting and splash > a screen that derides the person for upgrading without following the > mailing list. :) See, the problem here was the 3-hour warning. I read my -stable mail, then did a cvsup and rebuilt world, and then fortunately checked my email again before doing an installworld. At that point the email had come in, so I backed out the changes and sent email to Mike to verify the file version numbers that it applied to. You may feel free to add your feature, but give a *HEADS UP* at least 48 hours in advance. Remember that cvsup's and builds take time, so you probably want to allow at least 4*foo where foo is someone's cvsup/build/install time. foo might appropriately be 10 hours, although recent worldstone tests indicate your mileage may vary. My build machine is a P120 w/96Mb of memory and source on fast SCSI, so it's more like 5 hours for me. And then I got bitten anyway, of course, but.. :) Robert N Watson Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the messagehome | help
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