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Date:      Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:37:29 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Who is responsible for the install check goo in Makefile.inc1
Message-ID:  <20030730073729.GC37041@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030730173400.H18842@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au>
References:  <20030730113026.B18842@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> <20030730021209.0461F2A7EA@canning.wemm.org> <20030730072442.GA37041@sunbay.com> <20030730173400.H18842@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au>

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On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:34:01PM +1000, John Birrell wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:24:42AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > I'm regularly upgrading 4.0-RELEASE to 5.x-CURRENT to check that
> > the upgrade path wasn't broken, and this check comes very handy.
> > I wouldn't object though if it was done using kern.osreldate.
> >=20
> > I'd happily test any patches in this direction for you, John.
>=20
> Thanks. Since Peter made the change, I'd like to wait for him to comment
> on the code I sent him that would avoid the core dump. I think that runni=
ng
> sh as a final check is valid, but I'd like to see a 'probable' case check=
ed
> first and an message printed accordingly before making the core dump as a
> last resort (in favour of shooting the whole foot off - one toe is better
> than the whole foot!).
>=20
Sure, that would be a much better (and safer) approach.  Could you
please send me your code as well, I'm interested in revieweing it.

P.S.  Nice to see you're still in the FreeBSD business.  :-)


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru@sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru@FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer

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