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@@ -5,6 +5,54 @@ 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. +20141209: + AFFECTS: users of emulators/linux_base-f10 and emulators/linux_base-c6 + AUTHOR: xmj@freebsd.org + + The CentOS ports infrastructure has replaced Fedora 10 as default. + + 1. Please delete all remaining f10 ports/packages: + + # pkg delete -f linux_base-f10 linux-f10-\* + + 2. Persistently update the Linux kernel version in /etc/sysctl.conf: + + compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 + + This step is necessary on all FreeBSD versions older than 10.1-RELEASE. + + 3. Reinstall all software depending on Linux emulation. + As an example, reinstall linux-firefox: + + # portmaster -r linux-firefox + or + # portupgrade -f www/linux-firefox + or + # pkg install linux-firefox + + If difficulties are encountered, please follow the UPDATING entry 20140922 + but skip step 2 (OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT and OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS + in /etc/make.conf). In case these steps do not fix the issues, please submit + an issue report in Bugzilla and send an email to FreeBSD's emulation@ mailing + list. + + Users who need to continue using Fedora 10 base and userland should do the + following instead: + + 1. Add these lines to /etc/make.conf: + + OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f10 + OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f10 + + 2. Downgrade the Linux kernel version in /etc/sysctl.conf on FreeBSD versions + newer than and including 10.1-RELEASE: + + compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 + + This is all that is needed to continue using an existing Fedora 10 Linux base + and userland. + + 20141208: AFFECTS: users of ports-mgmt/poudriere, ports-mgmt/poudriere-devel AUTHOR: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org |