From ed651a749635f743f41e54445d0a29fb26e5a82b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Warner Losh Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:01:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak wording a little. Submitted by: peterj@ --- UPDATING | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index bb8ddc6c04e5..1662c50c8b2e 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -1931,13 +1931,14 @@ COMMON ITEMS: can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make sure that no program is using those libraries anymore. - [8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by - an installworld. When upgrading across major versions, the new - kernel's configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD - option for existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x - binaries). Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is - hard to boot to recover. A GENERIC kernel will include suitable - compatibility options to run binaries from supported older branches. + [8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by an + installworld. When upgrading across major versions, the new kernel's + configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD option for + existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x binaries). Failure + to do so may leave you with a system that is hard to boot to recover. A + GENERIC kernel will include suitable compatibility options to run + binaries from older branches. Note that the ability to run binaries + from unsupported branches is not guaranteed. Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the last time you updated your kernel config file. Options also