On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 12:00:27PM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > New Revision: 344970 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344970 > > > > Log: > > Misc fixes based on upgrading a laptop from 11.1R to -current > > > > Add note about needing to start zfs because mount -a doesn't do that. > > Add the word 'supported' before 'older branches' for older binaries. > > Add note about options in custom config files as well. > > > > Modified: head/UPDATING > > ... > > 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. > > + compatibility options to run binaries from supported older branches. > > This is probably not the best adjective here, supported only goes back to > 11.x, there are COMPAT options that work all the way back to 4.
I concur, this "supported" word sounds like we barely give a fuck. Being able to run old (very old) binaries had always been one of our strengths, and we should not suggest that it's not anymore. ./danfe _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
