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nectar
11d92d038d Note fix for OpenSSH `UseLogin yes' environment issue. 2001-12-03 13:14:15 +00:00
imp
55fa499f63 Add tip breakage workaround. 2001-11-28 05:43:10 +00:00
imp
e945e8366d Some words about awk and pain 2001-11-03 17:42:56 +00:00
imp
17d47a6bb1 The correction entry about asr was too pessimistic based on my poor 
understanging of the situation.

Submitted by: scottl
 2001-10-31 14:32:58 +00:00
imp
704009f113 Add entries about the recent problems with asr. 
TARGET replaces MACHINE

Submitted by: ru, jhb
 2001-10-31 04:36:54 +00:00
imp
1d3456a32c Add Soren's burncd warning. 2001-10-02 07:01:27 +00:00
imp
e5625efd2e Fix the damage caused in the last commit: 
give the correct workaround for compat library problem
	give a better acpi workaround.
Also include note about TARGET_ARCH.

DO NOT COMMIT TO THIS FILE UNLESS YOU ARE IMP.
 2001-10-01 03:59:13 +00:00
alfred
7880387a3b Tell people why they might want to disable ACPI and how to do it. 
Tell people how to fix the 4.x compatibility issue.
 2001-10-01 03:45:07 +00:00
imp
f2506f46a6 Add note about buildworld being fixed. 2001-09-27 15:43:04 +00:00
imp
b84eca1c74 While I am THE Warner Losh (I know of no others that share my name and 
I've looked), there's no need to refer to myself here as the Warner Losh.

Noticed by: mike
 2001-09-23 06:44:07 +00:00
imp
cfcfec4a1b Fix grammar of the newest UPDATING entry. Also, minor rewording of 
grant to use this document to be less restrictive than before.  The
document now can be used without restriction.
 2001-09-23 06:36:41 +00:00
imp
6d883b2fc2 Note world breakage and give workaround 2001-09-21 05:08:00 +00:00
imp
3ccad64ed0 Use Brian Sommers' named entry 2001-08-24 21:43:35 +00:00
imp
ef17af18c8 Fix typo in repo damage message. 
Submitted by: Vadim Ostranitsyn <vadim@tsu.ru>
 2001-08-23 15:39:27 +00:00
imp
4d243a5e4d Remove some stray text that crept into this verison of the updating 
file.  It is for current, not the 4.3 release branch.
 2001-08-22 15:44:19 +00:00
imp
6a25642071 Note: mergemaster stopped being optional a long time ago. Caution against 
doing it by hand (but provide pointers to those wanting to do it by hand).
 2001-08-11 02:03:51 +00:00
imp
15e90b8fd6 Typo 2001-08-10 21:32:53 +00:00
imp
374f4e2237 Add, belated, entry for ed driver needing mii 2001-07-25 22:53:11 +00:00
markm
1515b686bb Mention problems with PAM upgrade and ports. 
OK'ed by:	imp
 2001-07-17 08:01:25 +00:00
imp
ce06b377fd Note move of kernel compile to src/sys/MACHINE/compile/FOO. 2001-06-30 06:35:45 +00:00
imp
c150a6baa5 pccard modem support fixed. 
Update hints problems.

Add copyright and copying notice: Do what you want with this file.
 2001-06-29 06:00:44 +00:00
imp
328c374247 More updates 
# Note, I managed to fat finger some mail commands and lost who submitted some
# of these entries.  If it was you, email me and I'll for a commit to
# give proper credit.
 2001-06-22 04:50:11 +00:00
imp
7cae030fb1 Add warning that some people are having problems with pccard modems in 
current, reasons unknown.

Add note about softupdates being unstable since the middle of May.
 2001-06-13 06:36:28 +00:00
imp
a1ad42cba1 Provide better advise than the last commit to UPDATING advocated about 
running newer pccard software.
 2001-06-10 03:09:52 +00:00
julian
3c908ca42d Add an example of how to do the cryptic change suggested by UPDATING 
for pccard IRQs.
 2001-06-10 02:59:59 +00:00
imp
a6e4286daa Recommend what to do in a single user boot. 
PR: 25028
Submitted by: Mark Andrews <marka@nominum.com>
 2001-06-04 16:17:06 +00:00
imp
0ff51128da Set up us the pccard bomb. 2001-06-04 07:10:19 +00:00
imp
559b3784f4 Note: INSTALL=install -C is no longer supported. Use COPY=-C instead. 
While the old way will continue to work for a while, it will cause
warnings until after 4.4, but before 4.5.
 2001-05-30 07:07:41 +00:00
imp
b10b4e1337 Yet another typo 2001-05-29 16:55:34 +00:00
imp
69d0ca6901 Missed this typo too. 
Submitted by: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
PR: 26766
 2001-05-29 16:52:18 +00:00
imp
3ec34dd690 Fix typo. 
Submitted by: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
PR: 26766
 2001-05-29 16:50:23 +00:00
imp
e964bc4cfe Alpha is not in good shape at all. 
Submitted by: obrien
 2001-05-29 05:32:13 +00:00
imp
3005d61c18 Temper my optimism 2001-05-29 05:24:08 +00:00
imp
889f8edc03 Looks like -current is safe again, and has been since Friday. 2001-05-29 04:26:44 +00:00
imp
6e3494da39 Mention jakarta-tomcat issues 2001-05-22 20:41:36 +00:00
imp
3756213dcc Add note about pccard rototill and swapping breakage. 2001-05-21 16:40:50 +00:00
imp
fa615f1fde Note ncurses import and ata ioctl changes. 2001-05-19 06:27:16 +00:00
imp
24e6aa337e Fix type noticed by jasone 2001-05-16 19:15:32 +00:00
imp
861f184972 Note recent windows of breakage. 
Note new ata subsystem.
Add additional files for the portmap change.
 2001-05-16 04:34:40 +00:00
imp
bd5559bb95 DEVFS is opt in not opt out. Warn about July 1. 2001-05-14 05:11:31 +00:00
imp
0726756813 Add warning, and resolution, of the fsck and kernel problem 2001-04-24 04:49:21 +00:00
imp
94f07c8927 Catch up to the end of march. 
o fsck pass changes
o portmap changes
o fxp needs miibus
o wi defaults to BSS mode.
o urandom and random are the same
 2001-04-22 05:35:49 +00:00
imp
779a4237c4 Spell deprecated correctly (dufault) 
Suggest mergemaster in the 4.x-stable -> current upgrade (fenner)
correct path to hints file (fenner)

Submitted by: dufault, fenner.
 2001-03-02 00:36:13 +00:00
imp
2f9f1e45e5 It is now safe to go back into the water. 2001-02-28 05:45:16 +00:00
imp
107f608077 Sigh. Add note about the FILE FIASCO. 
Also notes about FFS_ROOT and CD9660_ROOT and DEVFS cautions.

It is not a good time to live in -current.
 2001-02-12 21:16:37 +00:00
imp
f88a6144b8 Note change of KERNEL to KERNCONF for building instructions. Peter 
changed this due to the undesirable side effects that putting KERNEL
in /etc/make.conf was having on people's lives.  Also update the
instructions as well.
 2001-01-22 08:03:13 +00:00
imp
5f674d552c Catchup from my holiday lull: 
o libcrypt not a symlink.
o hw.sndunit -> hw.snd.unit
o burncd / kernel changes
o I386_CPU now mutually exclusive with all other CPU types.
 2001-01-17 17:59:09 +00:00
imp
d3ce7458d3 Spell while the more traditional way. 
Submitted by: knu

Suggest that maybe rebuilding just libc might also work around this.

Suggested by: rgrimes and phk.
 2001-01-03 05:30:30 +00:00
imp
17293dce99 Note problems with vi core dumping for a comple of days, plus 
workaround.
 2001-01-02 21:28:48 +00:00
imp
768a3e9a12 Add note about ed driver changes impacting the Linksys cards. 2000-12-18 17:25:26 +00:00
imp
95a6f2fa37 Add new ssh pam support and pam.conf requirements. 2000-12-05 16:38:14 +00:00
marko
c541de30f0 Fix a couple of typos 
Approved by:	Warner
 2000-11-16 20:18:45 +00:00
imp
f8fe283325 Try to catchup with my UPDATING backlog: 
o cvs 1.11
	o /dev/random
	o sendmail
	o password default change
Please look at these entries and let me know if I've forgotten anything,
or if my understanding doesn't match reality.
 2000-11-03 07:04:43 +00:00
nik
700493662f Fix a typo in a date line. I wouldn't normally ignore MAINTAINER, but the 
PR's been assigned to Warner since June.

PR:		docs/18835
Submitted by:	shirota@mbox.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp
 2000-10-29 15:55:15 +00:00
imp
dfd175d4f4 rm miniperl && cd /usr/ports && cvs update -PAd now recommended 2000-10-09 03:56:39 +00:00
imp
dc0c4140bb Add upcoming ports layout changes 2000-10-05 23:13:47 +00:00
imp
d66dc4b281 Note about moving kernel names. 2000-09-17 21:01:30 +00:00
imp
9aa026c09e hint vs hints typo 
Submitted by: "Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen" <ncbp@bank-pedersen.dk>
 2000-09-16 19:27:41 +00:00
imp
a78fb5bbcf Add warning about laptops needing pmtimer device for proper suspend/resume 
functionality.
 2000-09-16 03:08:55 +00:00
imp
15404749ea Another Sept 5 change forces a new mountd since the old mountd panics 
the kernel, according to Mike Smith.
 2000-09-14 06:04:44 +00:00
markm
401dc2ba52 The entropy device is no longer an option in the kernel, 
it is a (pseudo-)device. Document this for the upgrading
masses.
 2000-09-12 19:05:11 +00:00
imp
dc660032ba Fix 1.117 as requested by DES, but in a different way. Generally 
degrumpify it, and add pointer to module problem that I had hit with a
stale Linux module when I upgraded to SMPNG code.
 2000-09-12 04:37:12 +00:00
imp
c8011d6b72 Add warning from Sheldon and others about stale modules 
Add warning from markm about randomdev vs random change in loader
 2000-09-11 05:59:00 +00:00
imp
388f0464a6 Add a mild warning for people to expect problems in -current after the 
SMPng merge.  Suggest 4.x-stable for a while for those people that are
unable or unwilling to cope with problems.

After 6 hours of use tonight, my gut tells me that we're going to have
lots of problems crop up in the coming weeks.
 2000-09-08 06:41:47 +00:00
imp
7840f7038f Add note about SMPNG commit. 2000-09-07 21:39:59 +00:00
imp
4fcd8856a5 Revamp boot message. Get the path names right. 
Submitted by: "Dampure, Pierre Y." <pierre.dampure@alveley.org>
 2000-09-07 21:04:39 +00:00
marko
a496a1487a Fix typos 
Approved by:	Warner
 2000-09-06 23:51:10 +00:00
imp
286ac32ae2 NewBSD nsswitch ported to FreeBSD. 
Submitted by: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
 2000-09-06 18:53:48 +00:00
imp
5a96688742 First cut at new boot loader. 
Rip it to shreds so that it is better, please :-)
 2000-09-06 18:02:03 +00:00
imp
68e3af6be9 Add a note about /etc/aliases moving /etc/mail/aliases and the problems 
that causes in updating.

Submitted by: Robert Watson

[[ NB: marko and I are trying an experiment: he'll try to fix typos
   quickly in UPDATING, while I concentrate on content. ]]
 2000-09-04 21:09:01 +00:00
marko
fe708d831b Correct minor typos 
PR:		21022
Submitted by:	Daniel S. Lewart <d-lewart@uiuc.edu>
 2000-09-04 16:59:32 +00:00
imp
9075658f31 Add note about avoiding -j when following the upgrade path. It isn't 
strictly verboten, just a recommendation to avoid problems.
Add note about LINT being built from NOTES.
 2000-09-04 03:18:01 +00:00
imp
5721a1102d Expand information about device.hints. Add information in the 
cookbook section about needing to copy GENERIC.hints to
/boot/device.hints, as well as a footnote about exceptions to this
rule.

Partially suggested by: obrien
 2000-08-29 06:35:46 +00:00
imp
c674990b74 /boot/device.hints is now required. 2000-08-28 03:54:51 +00:00
imp
4efef067b5 New suidperl instructions. 2000-08-13 02:19:13 +00:00
imp
a7f5a9c072 Add excellent entry written by gshaprio for his import of Sendmail 
8.11.0 into the tree.  Good job Gregory!

Submitted by: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@freebsd.org>
 2000-08-12 22:47:21 +00:00
imp
c84680fe73 Add stuff: 
o BUILD_SUIDPERL replaces NOSUIDPERL
o New /etc/rc.conf settings for secure networking may require changes
  to those upgrading.
o nullfs in loader.conf.
 2000-08-10 23:16:32 +00:00
imp
ef781361a0 o Move to recommending the {build,install}kernel targets for updating from 
older versions of FreeBSD.
o Continue to document the old way of doing it with a warning stating if that
  doesn't work, to do the {build,install}kernel thing.
o minor wordsmithing on what a make world really is.
 2000-08-10 05:14:31 +00:00
imp
bfc19b50ed Add a reminder note to people to disable third party modules at the 
right place in the upgrade proceedure so that they don't get burned by
a crash on reboot.
 2000-08-10 05:03:49 +00:00
imp
3a82088754 Type in FreeBSD capitalization 2000-08-06 22:18:39 +00:00
imp
3e0787dcf2 Add entry on the installkernel changes as well as more grumpy notes 
about needing to be on -current to track -current.  Tweak the 4.0 ->
4.x version stuff.
 2000-08-06 22:16:34 +00:00
imp
909d07e9ea typos from asmodai, one important for device.hints 2000-07-27 20:49:24 +00:00
imp
5096e75d9b alex@big.endian.de (Alexander Langer) noticed that I point at LINT, 
which no longer exists.  Updating the entry accordingly.
 2000-07-19 18:35:05 +00:00
imp
dee72b166e Take jdp's excellent message to -current about the internat crypto 
files and put it in my freebsd web area.  Rewrite the entry in
UPDATING to point to it the message and hopefully not confuse people
like the old one did.
 2000-07-16 06:00:40 +00:00
imp
6e1987ac7c Two entries: 
o Mark M has updated the random device to harvest entropy.  Put
	  instructions to tell people how to cope.
	o add entry about phk's malloc changes.
 2000-07-13 05:35:31 +00:00
imp
f6d7da7ea8 Add warning about needing to set SYSDIR to build new kernels after 
July 4th due to the new sys/modules/sound/drivers/* being added to the
tree.  You will need to do this until you do a make installworld with
my bsd.kmod.mk change.
 2000-07-07 05:17:49 +00:00
imp
948b4af9a6 Add information on libftpio version backoff. Also mention the crypto 
collection changes.
 2000-07-06 23:04:55 +00:00
imp
65d2cc503b o rc.d now use start/stop, and some scripts may produce warnings. 
o NOTES replaces LINT.  Make a note of it in an older entry.
 2000-07-06 22:51:16 +00:00
imp
7263a7844d Note des' libfetch/fetch changes. 
Clarify requirements for dev random, et al, from markm's commit.

Initial diffs for the latter by: archie
 2000-06-30 17:19:07 +00:00
imp
0649307288 Added a dire sounding note about how crypto is required to build the 
system.  Well, not really required if you know what you are doing, but
there's enough people that don't fit into this class that are getting
burned now that we need to say it is required.  The actual message
says that one should treat it as if it was required to try to be
weasilly for the nitpickers amoung us :-)Killed by signal 2.
 2000-06-29 00:34:54 +00:00
imp
6599a0c7d8 Add warning about /dev/random disconnecting entropy for a few days while 
the code is reworked.
 2000-06-26 05:54:02 +00:00
imp
b143a6e060 Add softupdate change info. 2000-06-25 08:26:38 +00:00
dbaker
44ccc1cec4 Fix typo in the config file update procedure URL and typo in preceding 
sentence.
 2000-06-22 07:28:44 +00:00
imp
e438a80880 bde says we don't need to note in passing the locore stuff. 
Scott Flatman <sf@arcanet.com> sent in a step by step buide to updating
the config file.  since he was first, he gets his name in lights :-)
 2000-06-22 02:23:52 +00:00
imp
1bcb521388 Missed one: 
Per grog's suggestion, mention bde's symbol change to the kernel.  It
likely isn't a big deal, but should be noted in passing.
 2000-06-21 07:09:22 +00:00
imp
544387d907 I felt guilty: 
o add note about binutils 2.10 fixing the problems noted on 20000522.
	o Add some very brief text to the '612 entry on the config changes.
	  A better howto would be warmly added to the file.
 2000-06-21 07:06:38 +00:00
imp
fc2b899351 Forgot about the bootblocks. 2000-06-21 07:01:33 +00:00
imp
42fbbb49a9 Note phk's axing of wd compat devices in -current. 2000-06-21 06:59:35 +00:00
imp
4a0fd2b6cc Warn about config's bout with Peter's big axe 2000-06-14 15:42:50 +00:00
imp
50a0611a82 Add note about make.conf's J finding bugs in ld and not to use it for 
the moment.
 2000-05-29 01:49:56 +00:00
imp
a999db002f Add entry for new binutils that are needed to properly rebuild the 
kernel.
 2000-05-27 21:20:07 +00:00
imp
a04b847f98 All the latest big changes in -current that I could find: 
mod depends
	modules out of makeworld
	ethernet drivers
	alpha boot bloocks
Maybe a few others
 2000-05-16 07:48:18 +00:00
imp
ef69aa9aba o Make note of brandelf change (obrien) 
o Make the ata warning less dire based on more experience.  It seems that marginal
  disks cause more problems than that chipset singled out. (sos)
 2000-05-04 08:02:11 +00:00
imp
6311306d18 Add information about the dangarous apollo MPV3 chipset. Several 
people have suggested the workaround to me (use only PIO mode) and
I've not seend a message saying ths was fixed.  I'll removed the bold
warning stars after the issue is corrected.
 2000-04-04 17:14:18 +00:00
imp
7e615be101 Normally I don't put entries that should have been made months ago 
into UPDATING.  However, in this case I'm making an exception.  I'm
adding a recommendation that people update their boot blocks.  Old
boot blocks will cause a system to become unbootable if you have
removed /dev/{,r}wd*.

Submitted by: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@freebsd.org>
 2000-03-28 06:59:46 +00:00
imp
84e28306ec Add entry about the isa/pci shim issue. 2000-03-23 05:57:10 +00:00
imp
f2d780e9b6 Massive gut. We're not into 5.0 so remove all 4.x entries from this 
file and start over.

Also note that we're in the traditional whack-a-ball kernel model/api
reorg for 5.0 and that one needs to be extra careful about making sure
models and kernels are in sync.
 2000-03-21 19:19:47 +00:00
imp
0f28aa2bbe Add blurb about perl modules needing recompiling. 2000-03-09 07:34:46 +00:00
imp
9e0cd66383 Add openssh and api changes. 2000-03-07 04:35:24 +00:00
imp
49341e1739 Slightly improved 3.x -> current instructions. 2000-02-23 05:51:02 +00:00
imp
0cb83a498f Add 3.x -> 4.0 upgrade instructions 
Make it plainer the kernel rebuild required point.

I had thought these changes were already in.
 2000-02-22 01:50:25 +00:00
imp
2c2d3e5258 Enshrine my own personal tantrum to the whole xinstall fiasco. 
Inspired by: reading too much -current and updating my laptop accross
the great divide.
 2000-02-07 05:14:16 +00:00
imp
d4bf5c1748 Fix details of libipsec, per Jim Bloom. 2000-02-06 04:31:15 +00:00
imp
3874d098fb Add libipsec shared version regression. 
Add section on updating from 3.x
Yet another attempt to explain xinstall problems
Fix typos
 2000-02-06 04:07:11 +00:00
imp
db9ec0ab74 Add entries for recent ipv6 api interface alignment (from shin@freebsd.org) 
Clarify xinstall instructions from bde
 2000-02-02 05:35:31 +00:00
imp
e288a6d996 Add a section at the end called COMMON ITEMS. This is where we'll put 
those questions that come up all the time (eg, how do I build a
kernel).  This is intended to be a very brief reminder for people that
are basically clueful what the steps are to do these common things.
What it lacks in verbosity it makes up in terseness.
 2000-01-30 23:15:21 +00:00
imp
39041a2c69 Add info about burncd, c++ changes, the xinstall kludge as well as 
correct the buidlworld typo every keeps teasing me about.

I didn't ask Jordan if this was OK, but figured it fell under the
documentation exception in his freeze mail.
 2000-01-30 23:09:58 +00:00
imp
725137775b Add recent entries: 
CAM version bump
	gnu texinfo
	pccardd/pccardc recompile to match kernel ioctls
 2000-01-19 17:18:43 +00:00
imp
8e3c17ed6a Fix typos and talk about the controller -> device config file 
changes.
 2000-01-17 06:12:00 +00:00
imp
e735a66f25 Spell chown right. 
Noticed by: Phil Jenvey and Mike Heffner
 2000-01-09 05:12:25 +00:00
imp
11544179f0 The happy, busy elves have been happily busy again: 
sha-1 gone
	burncd (and ioctl interface changes)
	chown/chgrp moved back
 2000-01-07 20:16:39 +00:00
imp
aea2d6a474 Fix typos: 
named->name:		hank@black-hole.com
	/etc/rc.conf -> /etc/rc	PR: docs/15664 Iiya Naumov

Added radius.conf format change from jdp
Added genassym change from geoff rehmet <geoff@is.co.za>

Yes.  I'm still very much the maintainer of this file in -current.
 2000-01-06 18:19:35 +00:00
imp
5dd2d68636 Add import of ntpd 4.x 
Add movement of /etc/sendmail.cf to /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
 1999-12-19 23:51:50 +00:00
imp
5155a6ba83 Add notes from recent HEADS UP messages: 
o soren updated the ata driver.  Please use 1213 or newer if
	  you have problems with the old stuff.
	o Enshrine the night of bared axes against wd.  Strongly push
	  users to move to ata driver.
	o Alpha users need to recompile klds after 11/29.
	o Mention the sound driver bridge code commit of 11/22.
	o change examples in 1205 entry from wd to ad.
	o Talk about new dc driver replacing all of the drivers that
	  Bill Paul has ever written.[*]

Corrections to these entries welcome.

[*] Well, at least those based on tulip clones...
 1999-12-13 17:55:23 +00:00
imp
6e69b4a9b7 "raw" -> "block" Block devices have been what are now gone, not "raw" 
devices.

Submitted by: David O'Brian
 1999-12-06 22:42:01 +00:00
imp
1785568543 bad144 elimination 
bdev removal and its required actions (MAKEDEV)
sd -> da
 1999-12-06 04:21:50 +00:00
phk
ee3b1c9102 Add entry about updating of /dev being desirable. 1999-12-05 18:55:53 +00:00
imp
228bbe70ba Add poul's md information, in abbreviated form, to the UPDATING file. 1999-11-26 20:38:36 +00:00
imp
092630a8a0 Add note about how hardwiring ep0 will not likely work. 
Also correct a small spelling nit from Bill Fumerola.
 1999-11-26 06:36:13 +00:00
billf
8e8160683a Spelling fix. 1999-11-19 02:16:26 +00:00
imp
4493dfee8a gcc 2.95.2 1999-11-17 18:06:56 +00:00
chris
d4d3c90730 Fix a typo: `maintain compatible'' -> `maintain compatibility'' 1999-10-23 18:15:14 +00:00
imp
8f6dbc11a8 New pccard kernel config requirement 1999-10-15 17:34:56 +00:00
imp
ec47e73ed8 Sort by date, reindent sigset_t entry 1999-09-30 14:54:48 +00:00
imp
40ed4e98b1 Fix typo in november 
Add signal breakage

**** NEW KERNEL NEEDED FOR MAKE WORLD ****
 1999-09-29 22:29:15 +00:00
imp
1302246ab0 controller miibus0 is now needed. 
Also adjust previous entry to be terminated by a blank line.
 1999-09-08 18:34:31 +00:00
n_hibma
299fd475fa Move /var/cron/log to /var/log/cron 1999-09-06 20:10:27 +00:00
imp
e05eb43a44 Forgot Peter's Id->FreeBSD change as well as tn3270 being removed from 
the base system and added as a port.
 1999-08-31 17:07:14 +00:00
imp
e270641c8e Add blurb Jonathan Lemmon provided about the new TCP timer values. I 
didn't document the couple day window when the units were in terms of
ticks rather than ms.

Also add note about libreadline major version retrograde motion.
 1999-08-31 17:01:34 +00:00
peter
b6784c4210 $Id$ -> $FreeBSD$ 1999-08-28 01:35:59 +00:00
imp
ff87ed8d14 Add ipfw recompile and bpfilter -> bpf changes 1999-08-01 18:58:45 +00:00
imp
4785f30c8b Note need to recompile pccardd with latest kernel. 1999-08-01 18:19:03 +00:00
imp
f67f27503b Spelling nits 1999-07-07 04:28:48 +00:00
imp
22261e303f Latest updating changes for softupdates, inetd and newsysconfig. 1999-07-03 22:15:43 +00:00
imp
aa560c8a1c Compaq smart raid 1999-06-24 04:20:37 +00:00
imp
eefd5c096e Ooops. Forgot about kernel config requirement. 1999-06-23 06:39:07 +00:00
imp
3985297cd5 Add latest syscons cleanup. 1999-06-23 05:51:37 +00:00
imp
97f16ce514 Add ipfw binary breakage, as well as inetd updates. 1999-06-20 09:56:32 +00:00
imp
b55104ea71 Add update on the status of new bus. 
Add libcam ABI change warning.
 1999-05-10 05:34:32 +00:00
imp
4248f5a8ec Add two recent developments: 
pccard is busted
	The cool new SMP stuff
 1999-04-28 05:18:46 +00:00
imp
05fcf5fb27 Add entry for newbus. It is rather long, but lots of nits can shoot 
people with this upgrade.  Lemme know what you think, or any
corrections that should be made to it.

Corrected a few typos based on submissions from various people.

Add note that make aout-to-elf is currently broken and what to do to
work around it.  This is implied by make -DWANT_AOUT being broken, but
that isn't obvious to many people.
 1999-04-21 06:57:35 +00:00
imp
e0be8459e0 Clarify the current state of cc -aout: 
Compiling -g sometimes doesn't work (from Bruce)
	libgcc_r won't build (Jos Backus)
Also mention that make -j n world is working again
 1999-04-15 04:36:45 +00:00
imp
c021d8793b Note that cc -aout has been broken for a while and a reminder to 
recompile now that it has been fixed.

Submitted by: Peter Wemm
 1999-04-13 06:10:53 +00:00
max
aef22ed90d Typo fix, src/sys/gnu/usr.bin/cc -> src/gnu/usr.bin/cc. 1999-04-12 16:22:15 +00:00
imp
25251a1fec Ooops. Forgot C++ ABI major version bump (aka breakage). 1999-04-09 06:34:00 +00:00
imp
85229f90fe In reading -current, I noticed I had overlooked the NOAOUT -> WANT_AOUT 
change, which deserves a mention here.
 1999-04-09 06:31:00 +00:00
imp
519a0cfcb0 Added a whole lot of information on upgrading with egcs and the common 
problems discussed in -current up through approx april 7th.  Those
more in the know please read these changes and send me corrections.
I've only hit a few of the cases, not all of them, so my reporting is
second hand at best.
 1999-04-09 06:17:37 +00:00
imp
ca5ab3cf1e Add pointer sys/boot/README for new boot system (this should be in a 
man page, but I take what I can get)
Submitted by: chuckr

Add warning that vn can't be a loadable module for a while
Submitted by: dillon

Add name change for old atapi cd driver
Submitted by: sos
 1999-03-18 05:39:45 +00:00
imp
d5322df700 Mention new loader.rc. Point people at the updated man pages for more 
details.
 1999-03-10 06:21:28 +00:00
imp
8e5f73459a Note struct proc size change from Mark Newton. 1999-02-27 03:14:22 +00:00
imp
68b7d714b9 Catch up with the past week: 
Add better text for the ppbus changes
	Add note about libdevstat changing forcing a recompile of some
	things in the tree as well as ports that use devstat.

Thanks to those people that used HEADS UP in their message.  Large,
rabid mammals to those that wanted to beat the /etc/rc* horse with the
phrase "heads up" in the subject line.
 1999-02-17 05:32:40 +00:00
imp
91cb95cf8a nlpt -> lpt changes. Point at the man page, but refrain from 
suggesting course of action if man page proves unhelpful.
 1999-02-15 08:09:07 +00:00
imp
ebe1c813a3 lpt -> nlpt and ppbus due to Dag's changes. 
Submitted by: Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG>

P.S.  Forgive the delay on committing this.  I've been out of town at
a funeral until just a few minutes ago.
 1999-02-14 05:18:35 +00:00
imp
d7d918af57 o Add info about Julian's Linux Threads checkin (one of these 
days I'm going to write a make kvm top level target).
	o Add warning about the
	  short lived boot block breakage and briefly what to do to
	  fix it.
 1999-01-26 03:13:22 +00:00
imp
7c2b9d453c Nits. 1999-01-21 20:16:24 +00:00
imp
f69913c905 Add notes about: 
vinum changes
	Matt Dillon's massive changes to vm_*.c
	The great RELENG_3 branch event
 1999-01-21 20:13:41 +00:00
imp
be4daec43b Add note about the need to reconfigure kernel for some new syscons 
cahnges that kazu-san has committed, culled from his HEADS UP message
to -current.
 1999-01-19 21:04:22 +00:00
imp
979c5241ee Remove stray </a> html markers left in last commit. 
Submitted by: "Philippe Charnier" <charnier@xp11.frmug.org>
 1999-01-17 17:39:32 +00:00
imp
6dc97723c2 After much negative feedback, go back to plain ASCII for this file. 1999-01-14 05:59:52 +00:00
imp
92537cce09 Convert to HTML. Verified to work on Netscape 4.5 and Netscape 
3.something.  We were getting a lot of URL links in this file and it
seemed like a good idea to convert this file to html so people can
follow them easily.

This does not use the doc tools to generate.  I'm doing it all by hand
at the moment.
 1999-01-12 20:11:29 +00:00
imp
7f06030350 Add notes about the new console system and a pointer to the changes 
required by it.

Submitted by: Kazutaka YOKOTA (with minor edits by me)
 1999-01-11 09:07:18 +00:00
imp
4e8be77b96 Add pointer to mergemaster. 
Submitted by: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com>

Also minor formatting nits.
 1999-01-06 19:35:46 +00:00
imp
4c8e9b2000 Add Robert Nordier's boot block URL. 1999-01-06 07:12:41 +00:00
imp
127cc0e824 More Elven advice: 
Update /etc/rc* if you are going to run a system with aout
libraries, otherwise ldconfig won't know what to do and all dynamic
aout binaries will fail.
 1999-01-06 07:06:38 +00:00
imp
c4cf71a5fc On Dec 24 the wcd driver was removed. The new driver is acd. Make a 
note of this in the updating file.  Put it under the 19981224 date
rather than today's date, since that was when the change was.

Submitted by: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>

Also added note about floppy tape driver.  Didn't add note about
voxware or pcvt as they have been restored to the kernel.
 1999-01-05 07:45:10 +00:00
imp
8a3e1f3089 Add a poitner to Peter's page on the ELF migration day. This is the 
day when the elves sail accross the sea to a new home, which happens
to be in your computer.  They will sing glorious songs for the Eldar
days.  You machine will shun the darkness that is upon the world.

Errrm, well actually you won't even notice...

Submitted by: peter
Appologies to: tokien
 1999-01-05 05:46:37 +00:00
imp
1933ab9feb Added notes about upcoming uid/gid mta for the postfix integration. 
Suggested by: peter

Also reworked the 981230 section in light of a better understanding of
what is in the pipeline.
 1998-12-31 08:01:12 +00:00
imp
3229805cf5 Add impending flag day for ELF. Make notes about elf userland and elf 
kernel forced migration happening soon.

While still incomplete, and there may be showstoppers along the way,
the advise given here is not incorrect.

Submitted indirectly by: jdk, peter wemm
 1998-12-31 06:20:01 +00:00
imp
f99a3591c8 Added new users/group that Matt Dillan added. While not strictly 
necessary due to later changes to the tree, they may someday be
required.
 1998-12-24 02:02:09 +00:00
imp
1dda5fe182 This file contains minimal instructions for the moderately clueful to 
update their systems from prior versions of FreeBSD.  It is only for
November 18, 1998 and newer systems.  If you have an older system, you
are on your own.

I'll update this from time to time, and if it shows signs of bitrot
I'll kill it.
 1998-12-15 00:24:32 +00:00