From 3b74102205602b4896f03e1c8de5bfe67c9095d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Warner Losh Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 06:04:05 +0000 Subject: Older zfs boot blocks don't support symlinks. install the link to zfsloader as a hard link. While newer ones do, the whole point of the link was to transition to the new world order smoothly. A hard link is less flexible, but it works and will result in fewer bumps. Adjust UPDATING entry to match. --- UPDATING | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'UPDATING') diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 61efdfba398fb..d2e856a59f232 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW: 20180720: zfsloader's functionality has now been folded into loader. zfsloader is no longer necesasary once you've updated your - boot blocks. For a transition period, there will be a symlink - in place from zfsloader to loader to allow a smooth transition - until the boot blocks can be updated. + boot blocks. For a transition period, we will install a + hardlink for zfsloader to loader to allow a smooth transition + until the boot blocks can be updated (hard link because old + zfs boot blocks don't understand symlinks). 20180719: New uid:gid added, ntpd:ntpd (123:123). Be sure to run mergemaster -- cgit v1.2.3