From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 29 11:18:30 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29B5037B401 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:18:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D68EF43E4A for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:18:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh by axl.fw.seasidesoftware.co.za with local (Exim 4.10) id 18dxj4-000LfF-00 for current@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:18:22 +0200 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:18:22 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current Message-ID: <20030129191822.GO78848@starjuice.net> Mail-Followup-To: current@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folks, Can anyone think of a good way to implement an installworld / installkernel seat-belt for source upgrades from stable to current? What I'm looking for is a way for installworld and installkernel in the current source to look for some signature in the target filesystem that suggests that a stable world is about to be upgraded to current. I want this because far too many people, far too frequently, update their source to HEAD by mistake and then end up with current when they really wanted stable. [1] If this can be done cleanly, I'd like to do it. If not, I don't want it to be a hack. So, ideas on infallible signatures? Ciao, Sheldon. [1] Guess who just trashed a stable installation for the 3rd time in 3 years today? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message