Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 02:46:04 +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: r367475 - head Message-ID: <202011080246.0A82k4Fl058426@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Sun Nov 8 02:46:04 2020 New Revision: 367475 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367475 Log: Also mention PORTS_MODULES PORTS_MODULES is also an effective way to update the tree. Also a minor rejustify on this an an adjacent paragraph. Suggested by: David Wolfskill Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Sun Nov 8 02:20:21 2020 (r367474) +++ head/UPDATING Sun Nov 8 02:46:04 2020 (r367475) @@ -2303,14 +2303,16 @@ COMMON ITEMS: messages there. If in doubt, please track -stable which has much fewer pitfalls. - [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you - should disable them at this point so they don't crash your - system on reboot. Alternatively, you should rebuild all the - modules you have in your system and install them as well. If - you are running -current, you should seriously consider - placing all sources to all the modules for your system (or - symlinks to them) in /usr/local/sys/modules so this happens - automatically... + [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you should disable + them at this point so they don't crash your system on + reboot. Alternatively, you should rebuild all the modules you have in + your system and install them as well. If you are running -current, you + should seriously consider placing all sources to all the modules for + your system (or symlinks to them) in /usr/local/sys/modules so this + happens automatically. If all your modules come from ports, then adding + the port origin directories to PORTS_MODULES instead is also automatic + and effective, eg: + PORTS_MODULES+=x11/nvidia-driver [3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do fsck -p @@ -2319,8 +2321,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS: sh /etc/rc.d/zfs start # mount zfs filesystem, if needed cd src # full path to source adjkerntz -i # if CMOS is wall time - Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that - you boot into single user mode to do the installworld. + Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that you boot + into single user mode to do the installworld. [4] Note: This step is non-optional. Failure to do this step can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
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