Subject: Re: NetBSD/next68k 1.4.3_ALPHA snapshot
To: None <port-next68k@netbsd.org>
From: William J. Coldwell <billc@warped.com>
List: port-next68k
Date: 07/19/2000 23:18:07
At 11:09 PM 7/19/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>a test distribution of NetBSD 1.4.3_ALPHA is now available for
>the next68k port.  You'll find it here:
>
>    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/arm32/snapshot/20000713-1.4.3_ALPHA/

                                          ^^^^^^

>The 20000713 refers to the date of the sources from which the build
>was made.
>
>If you prefer to do an in-place upgrade (new kernel and then install
>new user-land binaries) instead of a wholesale (re)installation, you
>should note that you should do that only if you already run 1.4.1,
>1.4.2 or an earlier release, but *not* if your current kernel and
>user-land binaries is built from NetBSD-current code from after the
>initial branch point for netbsd-1-4.  If "uname -r" says that you
>are running "1.4<letter(s)>", e.g. 1.4P, your kernel is from
>NetBSD-current after netbsd-1-4 was branched, and you cannot do an
>in-place upgrade without inflicting grief on yourself. [In that case,
>an "upgrade" for you would be 1.5_ALPHA, or 1.5 when available.]
>
>Please also note the following:
>
>  o The X11 bits are linked over from the mac68k snapshot of a similar
>    vintage.
>
>  o Some of the INSTALL documentation bits are missing.  They should
>    be in the next snapshot.
>
>If you spot any serious problems with this distribution, please submit
>formal problem reports using "send-pr".
>
>Best regards,
>Allen Briggs
>
>[ cribbed almost entirely from other announcements ]

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William J. Coldwell
billc@warped.com