Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 08:49:06 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com>, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: make world failed Message-ID: <200004041249.IAA00821@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <200004041242.MAA10528@loki.ideaglobal.com>
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On 04-Apr-00 Kiril Mitev wrote: > <snip> > > >> > Soon, we'll read, that one needs to follow this mailing lists to even >> > use FreeBSD. This is wrong -- the original poster is not "tracking >> > -stable", by which I mean regular rebuilds. He merely wanted to go from >> > one release to another -- once. And did it the way he always did before, >> > after consulting the same information sources he consulted before. >> >> I think that in that situation you should probably still read -stable. >> However, the existence of UPDATING and its meaning wasn't communicated well >> to the mass population of -stable users. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I sort-of recall people screaming at the > 2.2.x -> 3.0 upgrade time that the UPDATING file has no info in it ... > And those people got a harsh flaming down for "consulting a file that > is old and not maintained", yada yada yada ..... You recall wrong: ---------------------------- revision 1.1 date: 1998/12/15 00:24:32; author: imp; state: Exp; This file contains minimal instructions for the moderately clueful to update their systems from prior versions of FreeBSD. It is only for November 18, 1998 and newer systems. If you have an older system, you are on your own. I'll update this from time to time, and if it shows signs of bitrot I'll kill it. ---------------------------- Please get your facts straight. -- 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-stable" in the body of the message
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