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@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20140922: + AFFECTS: users of emulators/linux_base-f10 and emulators/linux_base-c6 + AUTHOR: xmj@FreeBSD.org + + The complete drop-in replacement linux-c6 port infrastructure is in ports + and will shortly replace the current linux-f10- ports as default. + + To switch to the linux-c6 infrastructure you should: + + 0. Backup all your vital information! + 1. Remove the current linux base port and all linux-f10- ports. + 2. Add the following lines to /etc/make.conf: + OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=c6 + OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=c6 + 3. Make sure no linux application is running. + 4. Set appropriate sysctl (compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18). + 5. Install emulation/linux-c6. + + That should be enough in most circumstances. If you experience difficulties, + please be sure to expand step 1 to: + + 1a. Remove all ports which depend on linux base port. + 1b. Remove linux base port. + 1c. Clean /compat/linux/ directory. + + Should you encounter any other difficulties not fixed by these extended + steps, please submit an issue report in Bugzilla and send an email to FreeBSD's + emulation@ mailing list. + 20140909: AFFECTS: users seeing build errors about missing *.la files AUTHOR: tijl@FreeBSD.org |