Mark Ovens
685294e7c4
Fix a couple of typos
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Approved by: Warner
2000-11-16 20:18:45 +00:00
Warner Losh
0acc635e6d
Try to catchup with my UPDATING backlog:
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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 Clayton
be1494064f
Fix a typo in a date line. I wouldn't normally ignore MAINTAINER, but the
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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
Warner Losh
6e98a1467f
rm miniperl && cd /usr/ports && cvs update -PAd now recommended
2000-10-09 03:56:39 +00:00
Warner Losh
073113a478
Add upcoming ports layout changes
2000-10-05 23:13:47 +00:00
Warner Losh
be3885b320
Note about moving kernel names.
2000-09-17 21:01:30 +00:00
Warner Losh
01b9a4342f
hint vs hints typo
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Submitted by: "Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen" <ncbp@bank-pedersen.dk>
2000-09-16 19:27:41 +00:00
Warner Losh
76ec96756e
Add warning about laptops needing pmtimer device for proper suspend/resume
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functionality.
2000-09-16 03:08:55 +00:00
Warner Losh
38d6ecd20c
Another Sept 5 change forces a new mountd since the old mountd panics
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the kernel, according to Mike Smith.
2000-09-14 06:04:44 +00:00
Mark Murray
f4865386bc
The entropy device is no longer an option in the kernel,
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it is a (pseudo-)device. Document this for the upgrading
masses.
2000-09-12 19:05:11 +00:00
Warner Losh
16eb772dd7
Fix 1.117 as requested by DES, but in a different way. Generally
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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
Warner Losh
d594498f75
Add warning from Sheldon and others about stale modules
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Add warning from markm about randomdev vs random change in loader
2000-09-11 05:59:00 +00:00
Warner Losh
52bf24e769
Add a mild warning for people to expect problems in -current after the
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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
Warner Losh
0deb7ddcd4
Add note about SMPNG commit.
2000-09-07 21:39:59 +00:00
Warner Losh
8aab4bc775
Revamp boot message. Get the path names right.
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Submitted by: "Dampure, Pierre Y." <pierre.dampure@alveley.org>
2000-09-07 21:04:39 +00:00
Mark Ovens
2c021c6c54
Fix typos
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Approved by: Warner
2000-09-06 23:51:10 +00:00
Warner Losh
5a01880bbf
NewBSD nsswitch ported to FreeBSD.
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Submitted by: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
2000-09-06 18:53:48 +00:00
Warner Losh
2b41163c14
First cut at new boot loader.
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Rip it to shreds so that it is better, please :-)
2000-09-06 18:02:03 +00:00
Warner Losh
c22a309c55
Add a note about /etc/aliases moving /etc/mail/aliases and the problems
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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
Mark Ovens
f699bbbbe4
Correct minor typos
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PR: 21022
Submitted by: Daniel S. Lewart <d-lewart@uiuc.edu>
2000-09-04 16:59:32 +00:00
Warner Losh
a24eff5315
Add note about avoiding -j when following the upgrade path. It isn't
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strictly verboten, just a recommendation to avoid problems.
Add note about LINT being built from NOTES.
2000-09-04 03:18:01 +00:00
Warner Losh
9c1a744422
Expand information about device.hints. Add information in the
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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
Warner Losh
fdb9f54dde
/boot/device.hints is now required.
2000-08-28 03:54:51 +00:00
Warner Losh
5da0d091fa
New suidperl instructions.
2000-08-13 02:19:13 +00:00
Warner Losh
8f250aa713
Add excellent entry written by gshaprio for his import of Sendmail
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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
Warner Losh
71c38472de
Add stuff:
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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
Warner Losh
ba01eb206c
o Move to recommending the {build,install}kernel targets for updating from
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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
Warner Losh
134d2e86de
Add a reminder note to people to disable third party modules at the
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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
Warner Losh
bed5c5ffb0
Type in FreeBSD capitalization
2000-08-06 22:18:39 +00:00
Warner Losh
1dece4a9c5
Add entry on the installkernel changes as well as more grumpy notes
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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
Warner Losh
c6dd14300f
typos from asmodai, one important for device.hints
2000-07-27 20:49:24 +00:00
Warner Losh
f54a3542ef
alex@big.endian.de (Alexander Langer) noticed that I point at LINT,
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which no longer exists. Updating the entry accordingly.
2000-07-19 18:35:05 +00:00
Warner Losh
409e887c85
Take jdp's excellent message to -current about the internat crypto
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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
Warner Losh
673d13f2db
Two entries:
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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
Warner Losh
2f961bc842
Add warning about needing to set SYSDIR to build new kernels after
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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
Warner Losh
e98e26cd69
Add information on libftpio version backoff. Also mention the crypto
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collection changes.
2000-07-06 23:04:55 +00:00
Warner Losh
c373950eff
o rc.d now use start/stop, and some scripts may produce warnings.
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o NOTES replaces LINT. Make a note of it in an older entry.
2000-07-06 22:51:16 +00:00
Warner Losh
27dc3a2b96
Note des' libfetch/fetch changes.
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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
Warner Losh
b8c215accd
Added a dire sounding note about how crypto is required to build the
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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
Warner Losh
7b9907197a
Add warning about /dev/random disconnecting entropy for a few days while
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the code is reworked.
2000-06-26 05:54:02 +00:00
Warner Losh
81e54c5014
Add softupdate change info.
2000-06-25 08:26:38 +00:00
Daniel Baker
2a2f33fb7a
Fix typo in the config file update procedure URL and typo in preceding
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sentence.
2000-06-22 07:28:44 +00:00
Warner Losh
39943833e9
bde says we don't need to note in passing the locore stuff.
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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
Warner Losh
d4c3159a33
Missed one:
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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
Warner Losh
290f9ad8cf
I felt guilty:
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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
Warner Losh
f75f65bbe0
Forgot about the bootblocks.
2000-06-21 07:01:33 +00:00
Warner Losh
90fb634625
Note phk's axing of wd compat devices in -current.
2000-06-21 06:59:35 +00:00
Warner Losh
ba26da8e1f
Warn about config's bout with Peter's big axe
2000-06-14 15:42:50 +00:00
Warner Losh
d9583a0008
Add note about make.conf's J finding bugs in ld and not to use it for
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the moment.
2000-05-29 01:49:56 +00:00
Warner Losh
d65850eb5f
Add entry for new binutils that are needed to properly rebuild the
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kernel.
2000-05-27 21:20:07 +00:00