Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:31:01 -0400 From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Subject: Re: inheriting the "nodump" flag ? Message-ID: <3A34F335.CD5CCD74@vangelderen.org> References: <440.976476322@critter> <3A3454DC.5A9E7FF1@vangelderen.org> <20001211005908.H89853@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:15:24AM -0400, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:
> > The NetBSD dump seems to be more evolved than the FreeBSD
> > version. I've partially merged the NetBSD changes into our
> > dump, just enough so that the 'nodump' flag is handled
> > properly.
>
> Actually the patch has more than just 'nodump'. You've done a lot of
> style changes too. :-(
I actually meant to say that only the nodump changes were
guaranteed to be merged fully. I think all of the NetBSD
version ought to be merged and the chances of overlooking
bits are much lower when you merge most of the code.
> > It's bigger than strictly neccessary but I have tried to
> > minimize the diffs between the two BSDs.
>
> Which should not be done at the same time.
What's the reason? If our version is the same as theirs
we won't have any bugs they don't have, right?
> OK, I will now go out on a limb and say I'll handle the 'nodump' changes
> to dump on Monday. So nobody, please do the same.
What about merging the rest of the NetBSD stuff? What do
you suggest?
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