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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