From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 18 19:15:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA27961 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 19:15:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA27898 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 19:14:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA11635 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:44:49 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA24837; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:44:48 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980319134448.33500@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:44:48 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Forward: A reminder of toxic -current Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I know a lot of people on -questions use -CURRENT and don't subscribe to the -current mailing list. If you're one of them, the following message is one of the best reasons I can think of for you to change your mind. In any case, be warned! ----- Forwarded message from "John S. Dyson" ----- > To: dyson@freebsd.org > Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:07:57 -0500 (EST) > Cc: dannyman@sasquatch.dannyland.org, dyson@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org > Reply-To: dyson@freebsd.org > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] > X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > John S. Dyson said: >> >> If -current works for you, I am still concerned. I would be misleading you >> and others if I stated otherwise!!! I really do care about people getting >> messed up filesystems!!! >> > Following up on my own posting: Maybe I am not being strong enough in > my suggestion: Please do not use the -current kernel unless you know > that the consequences will be that you will likely loose filesystem(s). > > Karl is trying to help with testing and advice, and unless you want to > participate in trying to narrow down the problem, please don't use > -current until we figure out what is going on. > > -- > John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, > dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, > jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message ----- End forwarded message ----- Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message