From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 20 10:44:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E764B37B401 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:44:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (12-233-57-224.client.attbi.com [12.233.57.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68FCA43F3F for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:44:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h0KIiX0L003121; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:44:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Received: (from das@localhost) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id h0KIiXUJ003120; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:44:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:44:33 -0800 From: David Schultz To: "Kirk R. Wythers" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading from STABLE to 5.0 Message-ID: <20030120184433.GB2778@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Kirk R. Wythers" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <1043080805.29319.14.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1043080805.29319.14.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Kirk R. Wythers : > 2) is point [8] 'In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries > needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 > option in your kernel. Failure to do so may leave you with a system > that is hard to boot to recover.' only in reference to those who track > CURRENT? I am a little unclear as to the distinction between STABLE and > CURRRENT with this release... If you want to run binaries (e.g. ports) compiled for FreeBSD 4.X, you need the option. If you don't, then you can remove it. However, if you remove it, your old world may not work with the new kernel. Therefore, at least for the initial 4.X->5.0 upgrade, you should leave COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in the kernel config until you have installed a new world. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message