Re: FreeBSD 7 trivial problems / notes

Hi,

Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2007-12-10 10:19, Reko Turja <reko.turja_at_liukuma.net> wrote:
>   
>>>>> =>  SCTP depends on IPv6
>>>>>
>>>>>     This is clearly documented in NOTES.  I don't think it should
>>>>>     count as a surprising fact.
>>>>>           
>>>> I know it's in the NOTES - I've added it when it bit me since I
>>>> didn't read the notes. Maybe I'll remove it.
>>>>         
>>> If it bit you, an experienced FreeBSD developer, it can bite others
>>> too.  Let's work with re_at_ to get it in the release notes, if it's not
>>> already there (instead of deleting it from the list) :-)
>>>
>>> My last CVSup is from Wed Dec 05 19:32:59 2007 +0000 (right before I
>>> started preparing for Friday's FreeBSD talk at a nearby university),
>>> so I'll CVSup again tomorrow morning, and check how we can fit this
>>> into the release notes in a nice, non-intrusive but still useful
>>> manner.
>>>       
>> How about making a comment about the requirement in the GENERIC
>> config file, in a manner used for device 'ed' or  device 'sbp' for example?
>>
>> ...
>> options         INET6                   # IPv6 communications protocols
>> options         SCTP                    # Stream Control Transmission
>> Protocol
>>                                                  # SCTP requires 'options
>> INET6'
>> options         FFS
>> ...
>>
>> Or are the comments about in requirement at 'GENERIC' phased out?
>>     
>
> Does the following look ok?
>
> %%%
> diff -r eae64e5226db sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
> --- a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC	Mon Dec 10 12:03:23 2007 +0000
> +++ b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC	Tue Dec 11 02:41:27 2007 +0200
> _at__at_ -32,7 +32,7 _at__at_ options 	PREEMPTION		# Enable kernel thr
>  options 	PREEMPTION		# Enable kernel thread preemption
>  options 	INET			# InterNETworking
>  options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
> -options 	SCTP			# Stream Control Transmission Protocol
> +options 	SCTP			# Stream Control Transmission Protocol (requires INET6)
>  options 	FFS			# Berkeley Fast Filesystem
>  options 	SOFTUPDATES		# Enable FFS soft updates support
>  options 	UFS_ACL			# Support for access control lists
> %%%
>
> It's simple enough, and we already have a few lines which are a bit
> `longish' in GENERIC.
>
>   
I feel that "requires INET6" have to be changed to "requires both INET 
and INET6", or just leave comments in NOTES.,
because the offered change is inaccurate.
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