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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--O3RTKUHj+75w1tg5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --O3RTKUHj+75w1tg5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/J3W5Ukv4P6juNwoRAo3OAJ9E4DAMGNxEfPx6G0NvKvYg38GZqQCeNpDf HWr3huJuZHKVUabTL/bMaU4= =iFW/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --O3RTKUHj+75w1tg5--
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