On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 09:56:34PM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 02:30:48AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote: > > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:35:36 +0000 > > From: Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost> > > Message-ID: <20080929093536.GE29458%hairylemon.org@localhost> > > > > | If a one line addition to /etc/ld.so.conf is acceptable for you, then it > > | fits your use case nicely (regularly swapping back and forth between > > 4.0 and > > | 5.0 kernels). > > > > The way I upgrade is by (compiling and) booting the new kernel. > > Absolutely nothing else changes. If everything works, then the new > > userland can be tested in a chroot to make sure it works, and if all is > > OK, it might eventually get installed. > > So you never use IPFilter or pf on your machines? (I'm sorry if I'm > just breaking the news on you: there was an ABI breakage in pf so > you'll need a new pfctl. Yes, it is sad.) > > It's not that I don't value your opinion on the subject, but I think > we've seen our share of extreme opinions (in either way) now. The > picture is not just black and white. > > [...] > > I'd like to thank Bill for all the work he's doing on revivesa - to me > > Yes, Bill has done some tremendous work, and deserved to be thanked, but > let's also keep in mind that 5.0's brilliance will have a lot to do with > Andrew's work, too. I think most of 5.0's brilliance has to do with Andrew's work. Take care, Bill
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