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This file is maintainted by imp@village.org. Please send new entries
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in it to him. It contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of
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major breakages in tracking -current. Not all things will be listed
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here, and it only starts on Novemeber 18, 1998. If you have an
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earlier version of FreeBSD, you are on your own to get to November 18,
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1998.
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<h1>Updating Information for FreeBSD current users</h1>
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This file is maintainted by <a href="mailto:imp@village.org">Warner
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Losh</a>. Please send new entries in it to him. It contains a list,
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in reverse chronologocal order, of major breakages in tracking
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-current. Not all things will be listed here, and it only starts on
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Novemeber 18, 1998. If you have an earlier version of FreeBSD, you
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are on your own to get to November 18, 1998.</P>
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19990111
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<td width="10%" valign=top align=left><b>19990111</b></td>
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New keyboard and video card drivers are introduced as the first
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New keyboard and video card drivers are introduced as the first
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stage of console driver reorganization. You are required to
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stage of console driver reorganization. You are required to
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update the kernel configuration file and rebuild the kernel.
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update the kernel configuration file and rebuild the kernel.
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kbdcontrol, vidcontrol, and screen savers also need recompilation.
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kbdcontrol, vidcontrol, and screen savers also need recompilation.
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The instruction can be found in
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The instruction can be found in
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http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/sc_update.txt
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http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/sc_update.txt</a>
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It has notes on splash screen too.
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It has notes on splash screen too.
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19980106:
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Robert was kind enough to make this page to enable people to
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Robert Nordier was kind enough to make this page to enable people to
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install the new bootblocks:
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install the new bootblocks:
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http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot.txt
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<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot.txt">
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http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot.txt</a>
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When updating to ELF, make sure that you have updated your
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When updating to ELF, make sure that you have updated your
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/etc/rc files which have different ldconfig invocations for
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/etc/rc files which have different ldconfig invocations for
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elf and aout. Otherwise things like X will stop working with
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elf and aout. Otherwise things like X will stop working with
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messages about being unable to find library files. The mergemaster
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messages about being unable to find library files. The
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utility in ports/sysutils/mergemaster helps to keep critical
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mergemaster utility in ports/sysutils/mergemaster helps to
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files like this in sync, and its use is recommended.
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keep critical files like this in sync, and its use is
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recommended.
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Information about ELF day (see 19981230) can be found in
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http://www.freebsd.org/~peter/elfday.html
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<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~peter/elfday.html">
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http://www.freebsd.org/~peter/elfday.html</a>
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about the upcoming change, its motivations and instructions
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about the upcoming change, its motivations and instructions
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for doing the upgrade.
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for doing the upgrade.
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You should install new bootblocks now. The ELF kernel will
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You should install new bootblocks now. The ELF kernel will
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become default soon. In addition, you'll need to upgrade
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become default soon. In addition, you'll need to upgrade
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your userland programs to ELF before then as well. Use
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your userland programs to ELF before then as well. Use
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a.out programs in, for example, /usr/local/bin will
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a.out programs in, for example, /usr/local/bin will
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continue to work, even after the upgrade). See src/Makefile
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continue to work, even after the upgrade). See src/Makefile
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for more details.
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The old wcd driver has been deleted from the kernel. The
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The old wcd driver has been deleted from the kernel. The
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driver that replaces it is named acd. You'll need to change
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driver that replaces it is named acd. You'll need to change
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this in your configuration files.
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this in your configuration files.
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Failure to do this will result in "ATAPI CD-ROMs not
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Failure to do this will result in "ATAPI CD-ROMs not
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with no replacement driver.
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<td width="10%" valign=top align=left><b>19981118</b></td>
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$Id: UPDATING,v 1.9 1999/01/06 19:35:46 imp Exp $
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$Id: UPDATING,v 1.10 1999/01/11 09:07:18 imp Exp $
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