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imp
1bd17a93c0 Add note to 20010924 entry that tells people about the COMPAT4X option 
in /etc/make.conf, since sometimes these libraries are updated.

Submitted by: ru
 2001-12-28 05:09:19 +00:00
imp
5146add1c1 Add note about __stdoutp to the compat stuff. 
Submitted by: ru
 2001-12-24 07:04:23 +00:00
imp
ce9fbef9c5 kernel/burncd in sync! 2001-12-05 09:21:51 +00:00
imp
b88065bd5d Warn about PROCFS stuff. 
Submitted by: des
 2001-12-05 09:18:08 +00:00
nectar
d74b224ee7 Note fix for OpenSSH `UseLogin yes' environment issue. 2001-12-03 13:14:15 +00:00
imp
e1518d100b Add tip breakage workaround. 2001-11-28 05:43:10 +00:00
imp
7a095e9497 Some words about awk and pain 2001-11-03 17:42:56 +00:00
imp
5fb552124e 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
42135eee82 Add entries about the recent problems with asr. 
TARGET replaces MACHINE

Submitted by: ru, jhb
 2001-10-31 04:36:54 +00:00
imp
5937a77369 Add Soren's burncd warning. 2001-10-02 07:01:27 +00:00
imp
d6dca2e412 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
399d655952 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
0523beb4c1 Add note about buildworld being fixed. 2001-09-27 15:43:04 +00:00
imp
dcb6da5c6d 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
771abf177e 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
433cddbe87 Note world breakage and give workaround 2001-09-21 05:08:00 +00:00
imp
092b5f5d71 Use Brian Sommers' named entry 2001-08-24 21:43:35 +00:00
imp
a8a18524aa Fix typo in repo damage message. 
Submitted by: Vadim Ostranitsyn <vadim@tsu.ru>
 2001-08-23 15:39:27 +00:00
imp
5176c7f50b 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
ab073c1428 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
68667358ad Typo 2001-08-10 21:32:53 +00:00
imp
533d27a1b7 Add, belated, entry for ed driver needing mii 2001-07-25 22:53:11 +00:00
markm
4a3ed741de Mention problems with PAM upgrade and ports. 
OK'ed by:	imp
 2001-07-17 08:01:25 +00:00
imp
f78c5abef0 Note move of kernel compile to src/sys/MACHINE/compile/FOO. 2001-06-30 06:35:45 +00:00
imp
a51b5ef63f 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
f9b71547b1 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
4d938abe90 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
68468e1bdd Provide better advise than the last commit to UPDATING advocated about 
running newer pccard software.
 2001-06-10 03:09:52 +00:00
julian
f62ce7f638 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
2e89259fa7 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
41c56366a3 Set up us the pccard bomb. 2001-06-04 07:10:19 +00:00
imp
dcf9290c96 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
71a24e4a6b Yet another typo 2001-05-29 16:55:34 +00:00
imp
b7671ed188 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
17f6867cc5 Fix typo. 
Submitted by: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
PR: 26766
 2001-05-29 16:50:23 +00:00
imp
8398095621 Alpha is not in good shape at all. 
Submitted by: obrien
 2001-05-29 05:32:13 +00:00
imp
a46bf7d575 Temper my optimism 2001-05-29 05:24:08 +00:00
imp
70ea69cbc2 Looks like -current is safe again, and has been since Friday. 2001-05-29 04:26:44 +00:00
imp
4f95148c2f Mention jakarta-tomcat issues 2001-05-22 20:41:36 +00:00
imp
b7c2e80885 Add note about pccard rototill and swapping breakage. 2001-05-21 16:40:50 +00:00
imp
70e490bf13 Note ncurses import and ata ioctl changes. 2001-05-19 06:27:16 +00:00
imp
20a8339c87 Fix type noticed by jasone 2001-05-16 19:15:32 +00:00
imp
705941a79a 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
ee36805984 DEVFS is opt in not opt out. Warn about July 1. 2001-05-14 05:11:31 +00:00
imp
bc04683ae3 Add warning, and resolution, of the fsck and kernel problem 2001-04-24 04:49:21 +00:00
imp
0669fc7fea 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
11f2d952f6 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
e32fb0047a It is now safe to go back into the water. 2001-02-28 05:45:16 +00:00
imp
44858d9ded 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
bba4ebbdfd 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
c31669cf49 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
1e6c373fa2 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
16c3e02c98 Note problems with vi core dumping for a comple of days, plus 
workaround.
 2001-01-02 21:28:48 +00:00
imp
e6bd476191 Add note about ed driver changes impacting the Linksys cards. 2000-12-18 17:25:26 +00:00
imp
637b707a06 Add new ssh pam support and pam.conf requirements. 2000-12-05 16:38:14 +00:00
marko
4b6731649b Fix a couple of typos 
Approved by:	Warner
 2000-11-16 20:18:45 +00:00
imp
d2dd249608 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
d2884243d9 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
1154831627 rm miniperl && cd /usr/ports && cvs update -PAd now recommended 2000-10-09 03:56:39 +00:00
imp
4766bec535 Add upcoming ports layout changes 2000-10-05 23:13:47 +00:00
imp
aa73219e0b Note about moving kernel names. 2000-09-17 21:01:30 +00:00
imp
483097caa4 hint vs hints typo 
Submitted by: "Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen" <ncbp@bank-pedersen.dk>
 2000-09-16 19:27:41 +00:00
imp
9702a86bb8 Add warning about laptops needing pmtimer device for proper suspend/resume 
functionality.
 2000-09-16 03:08:55 +00:00
imp
1619818359 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
2a70fe4253 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
12c70b3923 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
b17accca33 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
50dc754f56 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
cf7fa77feb Add note about SMPNG commit. 2000-09-07 21:39:59 +00:00
imp
7187cd2ed9 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
4ec834a30b Fix typos 
Approved by:	Warner
 2000-09-06 23:51:10 +00:00
imp
27ab37d4de NewBSD nsswitch ported to FreeBSD. 
Submitted by: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
 2000-09-06 18:53:48 +00:00
imp
4f0d710905 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
e2f9d1d729 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
88d82a352e Correct minor typos 
PR:		21022
Submitted by:	Daniel S. Lewart <d-lewart@uiuc.edu>
 2000-09-04 16:59:32 +00:00
imp
231ad713c4 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
dad3489da2 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
4b7e05714e /boot/device.hints is now required. 2000-08-28 03:54:51 +00:00
imp
8c08c8f256 New suidperl instructions. 2000-08-13 02:19:13 +00:00
imp
44404a7ede 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
0e16ee5039 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
e08c336a49 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
5a448b62ba 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
3458f9f6a0 Type in FreeBSD capitalization 2000-08-06 22:18:39 +00:00
imp
39a058222e 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
750366a1d1 typos from asmodai, one important for device.hints 2000-07-27 20:49:24 +00:00
imp
537f6dd949 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
019cc57118 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
2295371422 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
5f9e0e210e 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
9912b3bfc6 Add information on libftpio version backoff. Also mention the crypto 
collection changes.
 2000-07-06 23:04:55 +00:00
imp
843d403836 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
c9e8a236bc 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
6ffdd2b431 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
ceecbe9d5e 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
b2db9a0f36 Add softupdate change info. 2000-06-25 08:26:38 +00:00
dbaker
afebb7d4d4 Fix typo in the config file update procedure URL and typo in preceding 
sentence.
 2000-06-22 07:28:44 +00:00
imp
8f48bbc6a4 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
65c768f90c 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
10984200e3 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
0791f9ece9 Forgot about the bootblocks. 2000-06-21 07:01:33 +00:00
imp
bdd9125c44 Note phk's axing of wd compat devices in -current. 2000-06-21 06:59:35 +00:00
imp
7fdfc2ad2c Warn about config's bout with Peter's big axe 2000-06-14 15:42:50 +00:00
imp
89baefda74 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
d657219e1f Add entry for new binutils that are needed to properly rebuild the 
kernel.
 2000-05-27 21:20:07 +00:00
imp
e42e6e27d6 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
8c3e94b8e0 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
96e6d0e350 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
9c60490f9c 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
b59f9ec22f Add entry about the isa/pci shim issue. 2000-03-23 05:57:10 +00:00
imp
c91cd7ffb5 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
d47a055da5 Add blurb about perl modules needing recompiling. 2000-03-09 07:34:46 +00:00
imp
f064406386 Add openssh and api changes. 2000-03-07 04:35:24 +00:00
imp
b89752e40d Slightly improved 3.x -> current instructions. 2000-02-23 05:51:02 +00:00
imp
864eb55cfc 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
547bebdd5d 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
8a6e57b5c4 Fix details of libipsec, per Jim Bloom. 2000-02-06 04:31:15 +00:00
imp
424fd4ee3b 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
767cd16167 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
ea8283d441 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
548bf5a374 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
bb408b37c4 Add recent entries: 
CAM version bump
	gnu texinfo
	pccardd/pccardc recompile to match kernel ioctls
 2000-01-19 17:18:43 +00:00
imp
61688a31cd Fix typos and talk about the controller -> device config file 
changes.
 2000-01-17 06:12:00 +00:00
imp
19eebdb670 Spell chown right. 
Noticed by: Phil Jenvey and Mike Heffner
 2000-01-09 05:12:25 +00:00
imp
cecdb5690d 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
bc3fd6e895 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
066f089c27 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
5fac182947 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
c5f63086b3 "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
5851b69ff7 bad144 elimination 
bdev removal and its required actions (MAKEDEV)
sd -> da
 1999-12-06 04:21:50 +00:00
phk
e1102a476c Add entry about updating of /dev being desirable. 1999-12-05 18:55:53 +00:00
imp
c9097bb5af Add poul's md information, in abbreviated form, to the UPDATING file. 1999-11-26 20:38:36 +00:00
imp
409cca15ea 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
89726dabdd Spelling fix. 1999-11-19 02:16:26 +00:00
imp
1d9304ddff gcc 2.95.2 1999-11-17 18:06:56 +00:00
chris
805cb5a69e Fix a typo: `maintain compatible'' -> `maintain compatibility'' 1999-10-23 18:15:14 +00:00
imp
4cf77cabdf New pccard kernel config requirement 1999-10-15 17:34:56 +00:00
imp
25bc9e9ca3 Sort by date, reindent sigset_t entry 1999-09-30 14:54:48 +00:00
imp
4afddd2388 Fix typo in november 
Add signal breakage

**** NEW KERNEL NEEDED FOR MAKE WORLD ****
 1999-09-29 22:29:15 +00:00
imp
a67cc08096 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
6a423db166 Move /var/cron/log to /var/log/cron 1999-09-06 20:10:27 +00:00
imp
f534da3840 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
3e51e756d9 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
efabb9ccb1 $Id$ -> $FreeBSD$ 1999-08-28 01:35:59 +00:00
imp
9f73e59b13 Add ipfw recompile and bpfilter -> bpf changes 1999-08-01 18:58:45 +00:00
imp
b1eeaaf280 Note need to recompile pccardd with latest kernel. 1999-08-01 18:19:03 +00:00
imp
23e226cbea Spelling nits 1999-07-07 04:28:48 +00:00
imp
dd9032408f Latest updating changes for softupdates, inetd and newsysconfig. 1999-07-03 22:15:43 +00:00
imp
7fb26aeeff Compaq smart raid 1999-06-24 04:20:37 +00:00
imp
daf5cf794f Ooops. Forgot about kernel config requirement. 1999-06-23 06:39:07 +00:00
imp
21a507776a Add latest syscons cleanup. 1999-06-23 05:51:37 +00:00
imp
aaf32b4147 Add ipfw binary breakage, as well as inetd updates. 1999-06-20 09:56:32 +00:00
imp
3c4e6466a8 Add update on the status of new bus. 
Add libcam ABI change warning.
 1999-05-10 05:34:32 +00:00
imp
f7508f90bb Add two recent developments: 
pccard is busted
	The cool new SMP stuff
 1999-04-28 05:18:46 +00:00
imp
82d57e2447 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
3d60222eee 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
143915d7d2 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
ad96b08dfd Typo fix, src/sys/gnu/usr.bin/cc -> src/gnu/usr.bin/cc. 1999-04-12 16:22:15 +00:00
imp
2aba902430 Ooops. Forgot C++ ABI major version bump (aka breakage). 1999-04-09 06:34:00 +00:00
imp
a1fc8fe78f 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
ca4d2961cf 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
0eb688727a 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
a31aeba481 Mention new loader.rc. Point people at the updated man pages for more 
details.
 1999-03-10 06:21:28 +00:00
imp
cba68c067a Note struct proc size change from Mark Newton. 1999-02-27 03:14:22 +00:00
imp
925ba1cac3 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
2bff3e0232 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
377beeaccb 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
fe596a9ef8 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
f589f95929 Nits. 1999-01-21 20:16:24 +00:00
imp
7e502c579a 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
d8a1160bf9 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
e0bef69289 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
ae8b473ec8 After much negative feedback, go back to plain ASCII for this file. 1999-01-14 05:59:52 +00:00
imp
3ffba58dfc 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
31a3aea84f 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
f261ff0eff Add pointer to mergemaster. 
Submitted by: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com>

Also minor formatting nits.
 1999-01-06 19:35:46 +00:00
imp
ee59e7440d Add Robert Nordier's boot block URL. 1999-01-06 07:12:41 +00:00
imp
e4263b7814 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
844c83b624 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
2d779bd860 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
80cfe36847 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
5ad7ce8c7f 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
845186ad95 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
b00bd5cb8c 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