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| author | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-03-12 06:01:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-03-12 06:01:43 +0000 |
| commit | ed651a749635f743f41e54445d0a29fb26e5a82b (patch) | |
| tree | 0afe0cdab2fcd80ccc5972240bf49ef2e95fe1d0 /UPDATING | |
| parent | 7e48d711511f16c3ac50cd95d9a42ec53df0c833 (diff) | |
| download | src-test-ed651a749635f743f41e54445d0a29fb26e5a82b.tar.gz src-test-ed651a749635f743f41e54445d0a29fb26e5a82b.zip | |
Tweak wording a little.
Submitted by: peterj@
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Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=345053
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index bb8ddc6c04e57..1662c50c8b2e6 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -1931,13 +1931,14 @@ COMMON ITEMS: can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make sure that no program is using those libraries anymore. - [8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by - an installworld. When upgrading across major versions, the new - kernel's configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD<n> - option for existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x - binaries). Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is - hard to boot to recover. A GENERIC kernel will include suitable - compatibility options to run binaries from supported older branches. + [8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by an + installworld. When upgrading across major versions, the new kernel's + configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD<n> option for + existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x binaries). Failure + to do so may leave you with a system that is hard to boot to recover. A + GENERIC kernel will include suitable compatibility options to run + binaries from older branches. Note that the ability to run binaries + from unsupported branches is not guaranteed. Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the last time you updated your kernel config file. Options also |