On Tue, 23 May 2017 16:00:46 +0200, Ed Maste <ema...@freebsd.org> wrote:
On 23 May 2017 at 05:29, Konstantin Belousov <k...@freebsd.org> wrote:
Author: kib
Date: Tue May 23 09:29:05 2017
New Revision: 318736
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318736
Update note: strictly follow the instructions in UPDATING. Build
and install the new kernel with COMPAT_FREEBSD11 option enabled,
then reboot, and only then install new world.
There's been some confusion over this point, so let me clarify: this
note refers to the regular upgrade procedure documented in UPDATING
under the heading "To rebuild everything and install it on the current
system". Following the regular, documented procedure is both necessary
and sufficient for the ino64 change.
It's mentioned explicitly here because folks often take shortcuts with
updating (e.g. not rebooting), and such a shortcut will fail with the
ino64 change.
I read this in the commit log and my first thought was that it would help
a lot of people if there was an extra entry in UPDATING mentioning the
explicit need of the 'installkernel, reboot, installworld' order of the
official procedure.
A lot of people do not read the commits, but do follow UPDATING.
BTW: The content of the commit is great work and I'm sure it will benefit
future of FreeBSD!
Cheers,
Ronald.
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