Subject: Re: a couple of IMPORTANT things...
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@postgres.berkeley.edu>
From: James M Chacon <jmc@cis.ksu.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 04/15/1994 22:27:27
>
>(1) fs types are now names, rather than numbers, which they used to
> be. COMPAT_09 will buy you binary compatibility; put it in
> your kernel before you upgrade your kernel or user-land
> sources, or you will be screwed. After you've upgraded, you
> can toss it again, if you like -- i'll try to warn people
> when changes are made that would require it.
Is this gonna require an entire rebuild of user land sources again? Or, just
things like mount,fsck,newfs, etc?
>
>(2) (1) allows LKM VFS's to be rationally used; check out the code, if
> you want to know the diffs.
>
>(3) i warned you that if you'd upraded your tree during the very
> hectic period a couple of weeks ago that you'd have about 2
> weeks to get your tree upgraded before i pulled some plugs...
> Well, I'm going to do that this Saturday, after the tar files
> have been made. within another two weeks after that, if
> you're running -current right now, you'll NEED to upgrade
> again. If you've not yet done the first upgrade, DO IT NOW,
> or you'll be somewhat SOL after this weekend -- yes, the
> binary snapshots will prolly be useful, but...
Are you going to be increasing the shared library numbers again? In other
words, should I wait before rebuilding X again?
James
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