Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:29:58 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: Joel Hatton <freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6 upgrade from RELENG_5 Message-ID: <ef10de9a05082310294b03820f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200508230437.j7N4biud033332@app.auscert.org.au> References: <200508230437.j7N4biud033332@app.auscert.org.au>
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On 8/22/05, Joel Hatton <freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au> wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Before I go crazy and change my RELENG_5 to 6 and resync my sources, can > someone point me at a README/UPDATING for upgraders? I'm sure I'll find > one _after_ I cvsup, but I'd like to read it first. >=20 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING?rev=3D1.416&content-type= =3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup The upgrade to RELENG_6, from RELENG_5_4, is straightforward and simple. Comment out these lines in the GENERIC kernel: makeoptions DEBUG=3D-g # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug = symbols # Debugging for use in -current options KDB # Enable kernel debugger support. options DDB # Support DDB. options GDB # Support remote GDB. options INVARIANTS # Enable calls of extra sanity chec= king options INVARIANT_SUPPORT # Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS options WITNESS # Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed Then run all the standard stuff, don't use your 5.x kernel config file... KERNCONF=3DGENERIC
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