4 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-stableRe: UPDATING is confusing me| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| David J. Kanter | Jul 7, 2000 7:38 pm | |
| Adam | Jul 7, 2000 8:36 pm | |
| Daniel C. Sobral | Jul 9, 2000 5:20 am | |
| Chad R. Larson | Jul 9, 2000 1:53 pm |
| Subject: | Re: UPDATING is confusing me | |
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| From: | Adam (bs...@looksharp.net) | |
| Date: | Jul 7, 2000 8:36:46 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-stable | |
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, David J. Kanter wrote:
The latest RELENG_4 UPDATING (version 1.73.2.6) file is confusing me because I don't know how much of the historical information applies to someone like me, who wants to upgrade from 3.5-Stable to 4.0-Stable. Perhaps I don't understand the concept of UPDATING (it's always been a blank file during my upgrades): Why is there months-old historical information that is necessary for me to follow, even though my sources (albeit 3.5) are very current?
Here's an example: The note for 19991218 has sendmail.cf moved to /etc/mail, but my system works perfectly fine with sendmail.cf in /etc.
And another: The note for 19991210 has the wd driver replaced with the ata driver, but my machine works fine with the wd driver.
My system started with an install from the 3.4-Release CD-ROM a few months ago, then went to 3.4-Stable and then 3.5-Stable via source upgrades.
How far back do I need to go in the historical information? Is this historical information taken from when 4.X was -current, and that's why the dates don't match up for me, who was tracking 3.X?
-- David Kanter djka...@northwestern.edu
I cant speak for the rest of the file, but the two items you have mentioned are definitely still relevant for a 3.anything to a 4.anything upgrade. The wd driver is no longer preferred and config will complain (but allow you to use it) if you wish to keep using it over the new and more advanced ad driver. The ad driver was written from scratch and (usually) handles newer disks better and faster. Also, if you do not move the sendmail.cf into /etc/mail, 4.x's sendmail will not use it.
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