7.1

[Ott Köstner]

Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> Ott Köstner wrote:
>> Manolis Kiagias wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think it is a matter of days, we have not even reached RC 
>>> status yet on 7.1
>>> On  a production server you will probably wish to go with 
>>> 7.0-RELEASE-p5. It would be trivial to upgrade to 7.1 by means of 
>>> freebsd-update(8) when it is released.
>>> You probably don't want to risk 7.1-PRERELEASE on a server, but for 
>>> anyone running workstations, desktops, laptops I think it is worth 
>>> trying at this moment.
>> I am a person, who made a mistake, installing 7.1 on my production 
>> server (actually RELENG_7 stable, which shows up as 7.1).
>>
>> My question is, how stupid is that mistake? Is it better to reinstall 
>> 7.0 before something really bad happens, or can I just let it run? 
>> What are the most serious bugs to expect?
>>
>>
>> Greetings,
>> O.K.
>>
>
> It all depends on the programs you run, your configuration, system 
> load and so on. Bugs that may be present in the system, may simply not 
> be applicable to you, if you are not using the specific part or 
> feature that has the problem.  While it is difficult to assess without 
> knowing specific details, I think 7.1 is generally stable at the 
> moment. Maybe people using it in production servers (if any) can step 
> in and share their experiences.
>
I have just regular internet things running:
apache22, mysql5, bind94, php5, postfix, dovecot, proftpd, clamav, 
spamassasin, snmpd...

...plus ipfw and pf

Actually there is one strange thing what I described here before -- 
'top' reporting incorrect process times. But this appeared already when 
I upgraded from FreBSD 6.3 to 7.0. The bug appears on all 7.++ machines, 
i386 and amd64. Everything is OK with single-threaded processes, but 
processes with multiple threades are reported incorrectly by top. 
Anybody else has experienced this?

Also, there was a strange phenomenon with FreeBSD router with pf.
the rule in question is:
'scrub in all'

I do not knw, if this has anything to do with 7.1 issue. Maybe it is not 
just a good idea to have a 'scrub' rule on router...

Greetings,
O.K.



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