Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. =================================================================== RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/UPDATING,v rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/UPDATING,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present. retrieving revision 1.178.2.1.2.1 retrieving revision 1.182 diff -u -p -r1.178.2.1.2.1 -r1.182 --- src/UPDATING 2009/05/30 16:30:24 1.178.2.1.2.1 +++ src/UPDATING 2008/12/07 10:29:39 1.182 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.178.2.1.2.1 2009/05/30 16:30:24 snj Exp $ +$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.182 2008/12/07 10:29:39 tsutsui Exp $ This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for @@ -16,28 +16,32 @@ See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile. Recent changes: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -20090530: - pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict - detection. It is recommented to rebuild the cache with - ``pkg_admin rebuild''. - - audit-packages.conf(5) has been superseded by pkg_install.conf(5). - The default configuration is the same. Support for pkg_view(1) has - been retired. The functionality of audit-packages(1) and - download-vulnerability-list(1) has moved into pkg_admin(1), wrapper - scripts that handle the common use cases are provided. - 20081205: If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and /etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds. +20081122: + On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including + file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules. + Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the + following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel: + + - build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules + + - install the latest bootloader, which will load a module + for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically + + If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of + the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary + file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file. + 20080827: If you built and installed a libc from sources between 2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3) which results in false errors reported by lint(1). Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is - needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g: + needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.: $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install) 20080813: