Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 13:14:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world failed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004031310330.2634-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004031356210.6280-100000@home.offwhite.net>
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On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Brennan W Stehling wrote:
> Once again I get flamed.
>
> I am not saying I did not screw up the install. That is obvious, but the
> documentation did not give any warning that the 4.0 upgrade would not work
> as the ugprades from any of the 3.x upgrades did. I realize 4.0 has many
> radical changes, that is why I looked so hard to find more documentation
> on the site.
And totally ignored the warnings you did see on the documentation
you did find.
> I was subscribed to freebsd-announce and did not see anything on that list
> to offer warning.
Because that's not the list for that type of subject matter.
> The makeworld.html page has side notes for 2.2.5, but nothing for the
> current and stable versions. It just makes sense to me that any important
> changes would be reflect on that page. Afterall, it is the official
> FreeBSD handbook while the mailing list may not offer accurate help.
Your logic is flawed.
> In the future I think I will stick to reading online documentation and
> avoid the mailing lists.
Which will guarantee that you will have additional problems, and
continue to point the finger of blame at others when viable solutions are
available to you.
Doug
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