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157199806SWarner LoshUpdating Information for FreeBSD current users
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3f8c77507SWarner LoshThis file is maintained by imp@village.org.  Please send new entries
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819cada77SWarner Losh20000318:
919cada77SWarner Losh	We've entered the tradtional post release dumping party.
1019cada77SWarner Losh	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
1119cada77SWarner Losh	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
1219cada77SWarner Losh	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
1319cada77SWarner Losh	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
1419cada77SWarner Losh	that you are loading are up to date.
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1619cada77SWarner Losh20000315:
1719cada77SWarner Losh	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
1819cada77SWarner Losh	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
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20dc0dbf5cSWarner LoshCOMMON ITEMS:
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22dc0dbf5cSWarner Losh	To build a kernel
23dc0dbf5cSWarner Losh	-----------------
24dc0dbf5cSWarner Losh	Update config, genassym and go:
25dc0dbf5cSWarner Losh		config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
26dc0dbf5cSWarner Losh		cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
27dc0dbf5cSWarner Losh		make depend && make
283645fc1cSWarner Losh		make install
29dc0dbf5cSWarner Losh
3016de1a07SWarner Losh	To rebuild everything
3116de1a07SWarner Losh	---------------------
32759f0aefSWarner Losh	make world
33759f0aefSWarner Losh
349e5fefaeSWarner Losh	Except when it doesn't work.
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36dc0dbf5cSWarner LoshFORMAT:
37dc0dbf5cSWarner Losh
381fc1a0dcSWarner LoshThis file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
391fc1a0dcSWarner Loshbreakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
4060dbe536SWarner Loshand it only starts on November 18, 1998.  If you have an earlier
411fc1a0dcSWarner Loshversion of FreeBSD, you are on your own to get to November 18, 1998.
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433645fc1cSWarner LoshPlease filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
443645fc1cSWarner Loshthat the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
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