Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:22:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> To: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org> Subject: PERFORCE change 20122 for review Message-ID: <200210251522.g9PFMO4V000456@repoman.freebsd.org>
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http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=20122 Change 20122 by bmah@bmah_intruder on 2002/10/25 08:21:42 Strengthen warning about device driver compatability. Add a warning about parts of the base system moving to ports. Submitted by: scottl Affected files ... .. //depot/releng/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter-50/article.sgml#4 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/releng/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter-50/article.sgml#4 (text+ko) ==== @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ <corpauthor>The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team</corpauthor> </authorgroup> - <pubdate>$P4: //depot/releng/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter-50/article.sgml#3 $</pubdate> + <pubdate>$P4: //depot/releng/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter-50/article.sgml#4 $</pubdate> <copyright> <year>2002</year> @@ -196,8 +196,17 @@ <listitem> <para>Because of changes in kernel data structures and - ABIs/APIs, third-party binary device drivers may not work - correctly under FreeBSD 5.0 without a recompile.</para> + ABIs/APIs, third-party binary device drivers will require + modifications to work correctly under FreeBSD 5.0.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Several parts of FreeBSD's base system functionality + have been moved to the Ports Collection. Notable examples + include <application>Perl</application>, + <application>UUCP</application>, and most (but not all) + games. While these programs are still supported, their + removal from the base system may cause some confusion.</para> </listitem> <listitem> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe p4-releng" in the body of the message
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