On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 01:30:34PM -0600, Brooks Davis wrote: B> I also worry about the problem that once you've installed world there is B> no easy way back.
When working on the patch for last months I did numerous 'make installkernel installworld' switching between a patched sources and unpatched, and everything goes fine. B> If we can identify all the changed interfaces and we can teach 9-STABLE B> to deal with them then this change is probably OK and we just need to B> do the appropriate libc and ifconfig spackling and merge it. We can't B> let this slide too long though because the current state requires an B> installkernel+installworld for all intents and purposes and that means B> that if the kernel is broken you are dead in the water. B> B> I agree we could really use some sort of way forward that increases our B> abilty to make these sorts of changes. Why 9-STABLE? This change isn't going to be merged. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
