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RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/UPDATING,v
retrieving revision 1.108
retrieving revision 1.109
diff -u -p -r1.108 -r1.109
--- src/UPDATING	2004/03/13 20:03:52	1.108
+++ src/UPDATING	2004/03/14 14:56:00	1.109
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.108 2004/03/13 20:03:52 bjh21 Exp $
+$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.109 2004/03/14 14:56:00 dbj Exp $
 
 This file is intended to be a brief introduction to the build
 process and a reference on what to do if something doesn't work.
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ Recent changes:
 	will need updating.  See the ones in sys/arch/acorn32/conf
 	for examples.
 
-20040223:
-	As stated in
-	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
-	relating to the ffs superblock layout change, it needs updating
-	fsck_ffs too or it will keep on complaining. Usings fsck without
-	flags will solve the problem when it replaces the superblocks.
-	Please do read the associated message for sure.
-
 20040125:
 	On acorn32, the beep and sysbeep devices are no longer
 	needed, and will need to be deleted from kernel configuration
@@ -32,9 +24,12 @@ Recent changes:
 	added, and the restrictive fsck checks have been reenabled
 	when using those layouts.  If you have been using -current
 	since 20030402, you may find that fsck again signals fatal
-	superblock mismatches.  To work around, you can use
-	fsck_ffs -b 32 -c 4 to restore an alternate superblock
-	and complete the filesystem upgrade.
+	superblock mismatches.  To work around, make sure you have
+        an updated fsck_ffs and then you can use fsck_ffs -b 16 -c 4
+	to complete the filesystem upgrade.  A message has
+ 	been added to the kernel which should detect this problem.
+        See the following discussion for more information:
+        http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
 
 20031203:
 	New binutils builds may fail due to old dependencies.
@@ -50,6 +45,15 @@ Recent changes:
 	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
 	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
 
+20031007:
+        A sign exension bug was fixed which set all the high bits
+        of our newly expanded ffs fs_flags.  This should only
+        affect users who installed or upgraded in September of 2003.
+	A small utility program was posted to tech-kern which
+        should fix this problem, and a warning message was added
+        to the kernel which should discover and warn about it.  See
+        http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2003/10/07/0005.html
+
 20030906:
 	With the addition of siginfo support the old signal trampoline
 	code has been deprecated to COMPAT_16. Make sure that your running