src/UPDATING - diff

Return to UPDATING CVS log

Up to [cvs.NetBSD.org] / src

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.

Diff for /src/UPDATING between version 1.188 and 1.193

version 1.188, 2009/01/11 18:00:04

version 1.193, 2009/02/08 11:58:25

Line 16 See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.

Recent changes:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

20090126:

The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type. You need to

'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory to avoid using

the old assembly stub.

20090202:

pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict

detection. It is recommented to rebuild the cache with

``pkg_admin rebuild''.

20090110:

time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities. To upgrade:

1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it. Build and install.

Line 30 Recent changes:

Line 40 Recent changes:

libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them. Once

the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.

4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,

you'll need to bump them and rebuild them.

rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.

Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages

that depend on it.

5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file

will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.

6. The utmpx/wtmpx files have been versioned, and there is

6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see

a heuristic for utmp. You are better off removing the

lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic

old files after upgrading. The accounting file has not

for utmp. You are better off removing the old files after

been versioned, and will need to be removed.

upgrading. The automated clearing of /var/run during

boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by

newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the

files manually.

7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see

accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be

removed. The automatic rotation of the accounting file by

/etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove

the file.

20081219:

config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -

CVSweb <webmaster@jp.NetBSD.org>