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Date:      Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:08:24 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        "Shawn Barnhart" <swb@grasslake.net>
Cc:        "Kris Kennaway" <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yerkernels 
Message-ID:  <200007131608.KAA24730@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jul 2000 07:53:56 CDT." <000e01bfecc9$67ec3c20$0102a8c0@k6> 
References:  <000e01bfecc9$67ec3c20$0102a8c0@k6>  <00b801bfeb66$94ab2960$9b239fc0@mobocracy> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007102332020.70151-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <200007130506.XAA21015@harmony.village.org> 

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In message <000e01bfecc9$67ec3c20$0102a8c0@k6> "Shawn Barnhart" writes:
: I can appreciate that, but what often frustrates me about FreeBSD (and
: maybe I'm still too used to the Linux world) is that the documentation
: seems to lag.  Maybe after another six months of use it won't matter to
: me and I'll understand why its not a priority, but major stuff like the
: kernel build changes ought to be a documentation update priority to
: prevent the throngs from posting 10,000 messages asking "Why doesn't my
: kernel/world build right?"

But it has been documented in UPDATING for a long time.  Months and
months.  It is likely a good idea to move some of the changes into the
handbook.

: Is UPDATING the primary source for late-breaking changes?  Can I count
: on that to keep me informed of changes?  I try to keep up with the
: mailing list but its not always possible for me to do so.

Yes.  Usually, but sometimes there's a lag of a few days while the
world figures out that I need to update UPDATING.

Warner


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