Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:17:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r216591 - head Message-ID: <201012201517.oBKFHYa6061623@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: netchild Date: Mon Dec 20 15:17:34 2010 New Revision: 216591 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216591 Log: Suggest to run the delete-old target after the second mergemaster. If you run it before, your rc scripts may still reference old files/directories and if you are in the unlucky situation to have triggered a reboot (intentionally or not) between the delete-old run and the mergemaster, your system may not start anymore. While I'm here, give a hint about delete-old-libs. Noticed by: bcr (luckily in a discussion and not by getting hit by this) MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Mon Dec 20 14:54:24 2010 (r216590) +++ head/UPDATING Mon Dec 20 15:17:34 2010 (r216591) @@ -1136,8 +1136,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS: <reboot in single user> [3] mergemaster -p [5] make installworld - make delete-old mergemaster -i [4] + make delete-old [6] <reboot> @@ -1174,8 +1174,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS: <reboot in single user> [3] mergemaster -p [5] make installworld - make delete-old mergemaster -i [4] + make delete-old [6] <reboot> Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the @@ -1218,6 +1218,10 @@ COMMON ITEMS: install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408. + [6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries + can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make + sure that no program is using those libraries anymore. + [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
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