Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:02:38 +0000 From: David Murphy <drjolt@redbrick.dcu.ie> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 3.x -> 4.0-STABLE upgrade instructions Message-ID: <20000316000238.A1492@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie> In-Reply-To: <200003151950.MAA88847@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 12:50:28PM -0700 References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0003151130380.8894-100000@minnow> <200003151950.MAA88847@harmony.village.org>
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Quoting <200003151950.MAA88847@harmony.village.org> by Warner Losh <imp@village.org>: > In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0003151130380.8894-100000@minnow> Glen Gross writes: > : I think that's a good idea... upgrading from 3.x to 4.0 is too complicated > : to be worth the hassle. The UPDATING document really doesn't make this > : clear. I have also seen many variant procedures posted on this list. > > Too complicated to be worth the hassle? The few simple steps in > UPDATING have been followed by me on several systems and work... I'm sure they do, but unfortunately, if you're like me, and try to make installworld without reading UPDATING (stupid, maybe, but there it is), you fail. They you read UPDATING, then you try to follow the instructions, which you've just become aware of, as best you can, then you find you can't do the 'configure a kernel' part, 'cos config spews error messages complaining that you're missing things like 'machine' statements in GENERIC. Then you figure you've probably just hosed your (non-critical home) machine. In summary, it's not fool-proof. It's not even fool-resistant. This is unfortunate. This is even understandable. But it's a bit of a shame. -- When asked if it is true that he uses his wheelchair as a weapon he will reply: "That's a malicious rumour. I'll run over anyone who repeats it." Stephen Hawking - [http://www.smh.com.au/news/0001/07/features/features1.html] David Murphy - For PGP public key, send mail with Subject: send-pgp-key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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