Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33567: RELENG_4 won't makeworld; bsd.dep.mk, Makefile.inc1 bugs; "Linux ELF" need of kernel Message-ID: <200202070100.g17102M96762@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/33567; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Craig Carey <research@ijs.co.nz> 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
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