From 65f1be68a1a601e245cc8cd6a090f27e24d4634c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gleb Smirnoff Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:39:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Mention also the COMPAT_FREEBSD5 option along with COMPAT_FREEBSD4. - Notice that 20050227 entry is also applicable to packages, not only to world. In collaboration with: osa, phk --- UPDATING | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 5715021252d8..dbcf56a4a9ea 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 7.x IS SLOW: 20050227: The on-disk format of LC_CTYPE files was changed to be machine independent. Please make sure NOT to use NO_CLEAN buildworld - when crossing this point. + when crossing this point. Crossing this point also requires + recompile or reinstall of all locale depended packages. 20050225: The ifi_epoch member of struct if_data has been changed to @@ -395,7 +396,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS: [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. + that is hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 + is required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels. Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the last time you updated your kernel config file.