Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:30:55 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl>, committers@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: More world breakage Message-ID: <200001290130.UAA42086@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <002301bf69df$bd24eb00$0301a8c0@adm.scc.nl>
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On 28-Jan-00 Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > It's also related to the kernel, where installworld is installing and > subsequently running binaries that won't work with the current kernel. The > same applies to installing shared binaries and running them without the > proper libraries. Ok, I'll buy that. :) >> Do you have those patches somewhere where I can look at them. I want to >> start testing them, because it _may_ (I'm only saying "may" right now) be >> better to fix this before 4.0 so that we don't have 4 million users using >> cvsup to upgrade to 4.0 (despite all the warnings about 4.0 >> being only for early adopters) and then running into this and flooding >> -questions. I'd like to prevent a FAQ rather than create one, if you know >> what I mean. > > I don't think we should change yet another thing before a release. The > problem shouldn't have been created this close to a release in the first > place. We have to stop somewhere, and I think we should stop "fixing" right > here, right now unless there's a *really* good reason not to (IMO of > course). You're right. I guess the proper solution is to just back these changes out until after 4.0 when you can finish fixing up install side of 'world'. I just got ahead of myself a little. > BTW: I've posted the patches before on -committers IIRC... Probably, another case of too much energy and not quite enough careful thought on my part. > marcel -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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