Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:25:08 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: barbara <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Still can't seem to get sysutils/hal compile on current. Message-ID: <4AB7EF34.9010400@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20090921210631.C9A801CC39@ptavv.es.net> References: <20090921210631.C9A801CC39@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote:
> This REALLY needs to be in UPDATING, right up front. I hit it (but
> figured it out fairly quickly). Lots of folks are going to hit it. It
> needs to be down near the end in the update step-by-step section and
> also to be very prominent in the release notes. Otherwise this will
> become the main FAQ for a long time to come. (It might still be.)
This btw is one of the reasons we tell people to remove all their
ports to do major version upgrades, although your point about updating
UPDATING is well taken. Hopefully someone with some actual knowledge
of the topic will take that on.
Doug
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