Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:44:33 -0800 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: "Kirk R. Wythers" <kwythers@umn.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading from STABLE to 5.0 Message-ID: <20030120184433.GB2778@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <1043080805.29319.14.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> References: <1043080805.29319.14.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu>
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Thus spake Kirk R. Wythers <kwythers@umn.edu>: > 2) is point [8] 'In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries > needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 > option in your kernel. Failure to do so may leave you with a system > that is hard to boot to recover.' only in reference to those who track > CURRENT? I am a little unclear as to the distinction between STABLE and > CURRRENT with this release... If you want to run binaries (e.g. ports) compiled for FreeBSD 4.X, you need the option. If you don't, then you can remove it. However, if you remove it, your old world may not work with the new kernel. Therefore, at least for the initial 4.X->5.0 upgrade, you should leave COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in the kernel config until you have installed a new world. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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