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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