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Date:      Thu, 13 Aug 1998 06:57:36 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, eivind@yes.no
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c src/sys/nfs nfs_vfsops.c
Message-ID:  <199808122057.GAA19985@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>>   Don't configure compatibility code for pre-Lite2 mount() calls by
>>   default.  This code should go away soon.
>
>IMO, this code should be enabled until post 3.0-RELEASE, to allow a
>reasonable transition from the 2.2 branch to the 3.0 branch.
>
>Without this, you _have_ to have periods where your system won't boot if you
>get an accidental reboot.

It may not boot automatically, but that is always a possibility if the
system crashes during installation of a new (or even slightly changed)
version over the top of the running version.  Don't install over the
top of a running version unless you could recover.

Bruce



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