Commit Graph

146 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
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