From owner-freebsd-current Thu Sep 30 18:22: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (GndRsh.dnsmgr.net [198.145.92.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9C5D14E20; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:21:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA24867; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:21:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199910010121.SAA24867@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: new sigset_t and upgrading: a proposal In-Reply-To: <19990930154834.R31903@relay.nuxi.com> from "David O'Brien" at "Sep 30, 1999 03:48:34 pm" To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Cc: marcel@scc.nl (Marcel Moolenaar), current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 06:25:56AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > Cons > > > ---- > > > o Upgrading from 3.3 and before to -current is only possible after > > > an upgrade to post 3.3. > > > > Not good. > > We recommend that 2.2.x people upgrade to the latest 2.2-STABLE offering > before trying to jump to 3.x via `make {upgrade,world,aout-to-elf}. So > we have precidence for this. And failure to do this became a FAQ, so it's still ``not good''. I think Marcel is on a good track here, he is getting a real grasp of the problem and will probably solve some long standing issues if we let him run with it... giving input when needed and support his efforts by testing and/or contributing area of expertise information. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message