svn commit: r345053 - head

Warner Losh imp at FreeBSD.org
Tue Mar 12 06:01:44 UTC 2019


Author: imp
Date: Tue Mar 12 06:01:43 2019
New Revision: 345053
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/345053

Log:
  Tweak wording a little.
  
  Submitted by: peterj@

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Tue Mar 12 05:10:41 2019	(r345052)
+++ head/UPDATING	Tue Mar 12 06:01:43 2019	(r345053)
@@ -1931,13 +1931,14 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
 	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
 	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
 
-	[8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by
-	an installworld.  When upgrading across major versions, the new
-	kernel's configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD<n>
-	option for existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x
-	binaries).  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
-	hard to boot to recover.  A GENERIC kernel will include suitable
-	compatibility options to run binaries from supported older branches.
+	[8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by an
+	installworld.  When upgrading across major versions, the new kernel's
+	configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD<n> option for
+	existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x binaries).  Failure
+	to do so may leave you with a system that is hard to boot to recover. A
+	GENERIC kernel will include suitable compatibility options to run
+	binaries from older branches.  Note that the ability to run binaries
+	from unsupported branches is not guaranteed.
 
 	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
 	last time you updated your kernel config file. Options also


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