Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:50:03 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, John De Boskey <jwd@FreeBSD.org>, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade instructions are incorrect Message-ID: <20020523055003.GB35465@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020522130548.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020522160253.GD55670@sunbay.com> <XFMail.20020522130548.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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--mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:05:48PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >=20 > On 22-May-2002 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > Hi! > >=20 > > The upgrade instructions found in src/UPDATING and src/Makefile.inc1 > > are not quite correct. Suggesting to reboot with the new kernel and > > non-matching userland is safer than opposite of course, but does not > > always work nor guaranteed to work at all. Here's the safest version > > I could think of; it ensures everything is installed using the tools > > compatible with the currently running kernel. I'd like your comments > > guys as you were touching these instructions in the past. >=20 > Wrong. If you are following the proper upgrade path, then your old > binaries will always work with your new kernel. >=20 Grr, right, was smoking a crack. 4.0-R binaries work just fine with the 4.6-RC kernel, and the current technique has a nicety of verifying that the new kernel works before giving you a chance to shoot yourself in a foot. Sorry for the false alarm. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE87IMLUkv4P6juNwoRAv/cAJ4tCB143j7hTlzUsvv3mDljDTNONgCfZ2Tk 8PIHFB1Qnc3bcXycFu3aJ+s= =04KM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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