From owner-freebsd-current Sat Apr 21 7:50:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2551637B446 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 07:50:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@uunet.co.za) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 14qyiE-00033h-00 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:50:14 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id QAA10805 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:50:13 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 10694; Sat Apr 21 16:49:25 2001 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14qyhQ-000P1T-00 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:49:24 +0200 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Post-FILE size change upgrade Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:49:24 +0200 Message-ID: <96190.987864564@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> From: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folks, After downgrading to RELENG_4 for a while to prove to my team mates that 3 months of pain were the result of hardware instability and not features of HEAD, I'm ready to get back on the wagon. I didn't follow the FILE size change debarcle, because I assumed that the problem would be resolved by the time I was ready for -CURRENT again. However, the entry for 20010211 in UPDATING suggests that I was wrong: 20010211: The size of FILE was changed. This breaks upgrading. If you must upgrade, be prepared for pain. It also breaks almost all binaries that you've compiled on -current. You are warned Is this still true? Please note that I'm not taking a dig at anyone. I've always seen source upgrades to HEAD as a luxury and firmly believe that binary upgrades are the "correct answer for technical support". Please don't use this innocent question to start a flame war. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message