Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:30:35 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hate to ask, but...aout -> elf ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901262229470.76634-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901262224380.76634-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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Oh, one other thing...this moves me from an aout system to an elf one...is
this a one time only thing, and then back to 'make world', or is this
something I just continue to use for future upgrades?
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>
> > > Is it a simple matter of 'make aout-to-elf', or...?
> >
> > As of today, just type "make upgrade NOCONFIRM=YES" and wait for the
> > server to reboot some n hours later (where n is governed by the speed
> > of your machine :).
>
> Oh, now, *that* makes me nervous :) 2500 kilometers away from my baby,
> and "waiting for the server to reboot" is what I'm trying to avoid :)
>
> What exactly does this do? I'm going to read through the Makefile as soon
> as I get it upgraded but...I think my more immediate concern is the kernel
> and boot blocks...any summary somewhere of what to expect? :) Binaries
> breaking? config files in /etc going poof?
>
> thanks...
>
> Marc G. Fournier
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
>
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