From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 6 17: 0: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9937E37B417 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:00:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g17102M96762; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:00:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:00:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200202070100.g17102M96762@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Giorgos Keramidas Subject: Re: misc/33567: RELENG_4 won't makeworld; bsd.dep.mk, Makefile.inc1 bugs; "Linux ELF" need of kernel Reply-To: Giorgos Keramidas Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/33567; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Craig Carey Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/33567: RELENG_4 won't makeworld; bsd.dep.mk, Makefile.inc1 bugs; "Linux ELF" need of kernel Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 02:53:37 +0200 On 2002-02-05 11:30, Craig Carey wrote: > FreeBSD experts download hundreds of MB of files instead of editing up > buildworld scripts to get them past a string of crashes?. I would > recommend that advise on recommended downgrade methods be worded so that > it does not apply to FreeBSD experts that know about how to edit the > *.mk files (something that I thought needed for the v5->v4 downgrade). > > Perhaps that sentence starting with "Given that ..." is actually saying > that most parts of my bug report are already disregarded. It is not that > clear. It would unreasonable to be frank, to suppose that FreeBSD experts > should themselves follow the 'alleged to exist' recommendation that > apparently would apply against the masses that would fail in their > attempt to go from v4 to v5. Actually, this is the 'safe' method of downgrading your FreeBSD installation. A quick search in groups.google.com came up with this old posting from Kris Kennaway that shows this has been the recommended way for quite a while :-) http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=20020124101941.E52223_xor.obsecurity.org%40ns.sol.net&output=gplain -- Giorgos Keramidas . . . . . . . . . keramida@{ceid.upatras.gr,freebsd.org} FreeBSD Documentation Project . . . http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ FreeBSD: The power to serve . . . . http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message