Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 18:32:00 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, ceri@submonkey.net, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config configvers.h Message-ID: <20051104163200.GZ63539@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20051104.091549.55832472.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20051104093436.GI29387@submonkey.net> <20051104105601.GV63539@ip.net.ua> <20051104120642.GL29387@submonkey.net> <20051104.091549.55832472.imp@bsdimp.com>
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--ZljC5FVPx7rxDQQ8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 09:15:49AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20051104120642.GL29387@submonkey.net> > Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> writes: > : On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 12:56:01PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > : > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 09:34:36AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > : > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 09:18:58AM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > : > > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 04:16:44AM +0000, Warner Losh wrote: > : > > > > imp 2005-11-04 04:16:44 UTC > : > > > >=20 > : > > > > FreeBSD src repository > : > > > >=20 > : > > > > Modified files: > : > > > > usr.sbin/config configvers.h=20 > : > > > > Log: > : > > > > since nocpu isn't used in the kernel config base, we don't ne= ed to > : > > > > bump the version. Peter Wemm, John Baldwin and I hammered th= is out > : > > > > after the last time I needlessly incremented the version. > : > > > > =20 > : > > > > Revision Changes Path > : > > > > 1.38 +1 -1 src/usr.sbin/config/configvers.h > : > > > >=20 > : > > > Our users wanted to *use* the "nocpu" directive in their configs > : > > > that are based on GENERIC (GENERIC is included), hence I bumped > : > > > config(8). Otherwise, one day some would scream that "nocpu" > : > > > doesn't work for them, because they're using the older version > : > > > of config(8). >=20 > I will agree that bumping the config version will force users to > install a new config. At the same time, a new config cannot be used > for old kernels, like the ones in 6.0. Since this is the only > incompatibility between 6.0 and current, it seemed a little > gratuitous. >=20 > There's no documentation about what features are in what versions of > config. If you don't bump the version, then we can MFC these changes > and users can use config in 6.x. A nit is that there's no nocpu in > config.5. >=20 > My position is that the inconvenience of having multiple versions of > config is worse than the minor confusion when nocpu doesn't work. >=20 > : > > I'd agree that the Makefiles don't need to be bumped, as they don't > : > > actually require the new config, but config has new functionality a= nd > : > > the version should probably be bumped in the binary. > : > >=20 > : > You cannot just bump it in one place, the version requirement doesn't > : > understand >=3D, only =3D. > :=20 > : Oh. Insert obvious next question here. :) > : What happens to those people who have already installed 600004 then? >=20 > They will need to install a new config if they want to build a new > kernel. Maybe it is time to change the versioning so that multiple > versions will work. >=20 This is all not needed if you're using an official upgrade method: buildworld/buildkernel, which will take care of updating config(8) for you. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --ZljC5FVPx7rxDQQ8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDa40AqRfpzJluFF4RAk8AAKCSFiXiU1fmKoc4UWH8Pi9r99/IqgCeK6qL oejSro3qMnPoJSPAg4OfyUw= =s3SG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZljC5FVPx7rxDQQ8--
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