Re: CVSUP and 5.2.1 RELEASE

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:27:29 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <36509.1089791989_at_critter.freebsd.dk>
            "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: In message <20040713.235559.103735764.imp_at_bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:
: >In message: <27296.1089757404_at_critter.freebsd.dk>
: >            "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: >: The correct solution is the add whatever it takes to make the world
: >: target fail if it is unsafe.
: >
: >I've thought about only allowing it to work if kern.osreldate ==
: >__FreeBSD_version from src/sys/sys/param.h
: 
: Right, that was what I was thinking about too, but it would require
: us to redefine when to bump __FreeBSD_version slightly.

99.99% of the time, we bump the __FreeBSD_version often enough that
'world' will work when they are the same.  It is a lot better than we
have today.

Warner
Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 12:28:26 UTC

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