From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 11 19:59:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 097371065673; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:59:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0F8F8FC1D; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:59:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBBJKArx028480; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:20:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id mBBJKAx5028479; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:20:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:20:10 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Luigi Rizzo Message-ID: <20081211192010.GA28382@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200812021457.mB2Evmha063418@svn.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200812021457.mB2Evmha063418@svn.freebsd.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r185562 - head/sys/boot/i386/boot0 X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:59:37 -0000 Luigi, If I understand this correctly: On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 02:57:48PM +0000, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > Author: luigi > Date: Tue Dec 2 14:57:48 2008 > New Revision: 185562 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/185562 .. > The behaviour of the standard build differs from the previous > version in the following, minor things: > + 'noupdate' is the default, which means the code does not > write back the selection to disk. You can enable the feature > at runtime with boot0cfg, or changing the flags in the Makefile. .. > MFC after: 6 weeks If this means hitting "F2" in head will not longer be remembered, please back out this part of the change. The FreeBSD boot selector has acted this way for over a decade - changing it now is against POLA. If I've misunderstood the comment, never mind. :-) thanks, -- David