From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 14:24:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF5F16A421 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:24:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D54D213C474 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:24:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.110]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JRL00DZ2RZ6SDE0@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:23:30 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.149]) by pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JRL007UZRZ6K700@pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:23:30 -0700 (MST) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.201.197]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JRL00L2URZ5UW30@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:23:30 -0700 (MST) Received: (qmail 83128 invoked from network); Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:23:21 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hexahedron.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:23:21 +0000 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:23:21 -0800 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <473BD6E8.40001@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD Stable Message-id: <473DA7D9.4080501@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 References: <473BD6E8.40001@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071102) Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] "freebsd-update rollback" broken on minor version upgrades X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:24:06 -0000 Colin Percival wrote: > A quick heads-up to everyone here using my new FreeBSD Update "upgrade" > code: If you have performed a minor version upgrade (e.g., 6.2-RELEASE -> > 6.3-BETA1 or 7.0-BETA1.5 -> 7.0-BETA2) please do not attempt to roll it > back using "freebsd-update rollback". > > That code is currently broken and will make your system unbootable. I > should have this fixed within the next couple of days. I have updated the code on my website and in the FreeBSD CVS tree. Anyone who downloads freebsd-update-upgrade.tgz from daemonology.net after this point, or anyone using the code in 6.3-RC1 or 7.0-RC1, should be able to rollback minor version upgrades successfully. Colin Percival