svn commit: r344970 - head

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at freebsd.org
Sun Mar 10 15:07:28 UTC 2019


On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 12:00:27PM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > New Revision: 344970
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344970
> > 
> > Log:
> >   Misc fixes based on upgrading a laptop from 11.1R to -current
> >   
> >   Add note about needing to start zfs because mount -a doesn't do that.
> >   Add the word 'supported' before 'older branches' for older binaries.
> >   Add note about options in custom config files as well.
> > 
> > Modified: head/UPDATING
> > ...
> >  	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.
> > +	compatibility options to run binaries from supported older branches.
> 
> This is probably not the best adjective here, supported only goes back to
> 11.x, there are COMPAT options that work all the way back to 4.

I concur, this "supported" word sounds like we barely give a fuck.  Being
able to run old (very old) binaries had always been one of our strengths,
and we should not suggest that it's not anymore.

./danfe


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