Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:59:18 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config configvers.h mkmakefile.c src/sys/conf Makefile.alpha Makefile.amd64 Makefile.arm Makefile.i386 Makefile.ia64 Makefile.pc98 Makefile.powerpc Makefile.sparc64 files files.alpha files.amd64 files.i386 ... Message-ID: <200511281159.20751.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20051128162447.GB62631@ip.net.ua> References: <200511272141.jARLfwca016783@repoman.freebsd.org> <200511280853.35658.jhb@freebsd.org> <20051128162447.GB62631@ip.net.ua>
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On Monday 28 November 2005 11:24 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 08:53:32AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Sunday 27 November 2005 06:38 pm, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > > How does this look to you? > > > > What is the point of the minor version number then if it is never > > checked? I think we just should not do bumps for changes to config that > > allow old files to still work. IOW, the most recent bump should simply > > be reverted. In practice I don't think many folks other than developers > > ever end up with a config that is out of date with the kernel sources. > > The old config(8) against new files should also be considered. > Otherwise, in this case, if it's reverted, how can I express > that new sys/conf/files* require a new config(8)? The old > config(8) will _appear_ to work with them, but will produce > incorrect output (exactly the problem config version attempts > to address). Specifically, "|" will be treated as a device. Hmm, that change might actually warrant a bump then. Things like the 'machine' change would not warrant a bump however. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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