Re: CVSUP and 5.2.1 RELEASE

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:32:29 +0200
In message <20040714.082729.127098598.imp_at_bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:
>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.

Absolutely.


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Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 12:33:01 UTC

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