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From: pb@fasterix.frmug.fr.net (Pierre Beyssac)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD-current src iffy?
References: <1994Apr7.170153.13951@palantir.p.tvt.se>
Organization: considered harmful
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 20:23:02 GMT
Message-ID: <1994Apr17.202302.8607@fasterix.frmug.fr.net>
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In article <1994Apr7.170153.13951@palantir.p.tvt.se>,
B <@pp2.smc.south.telia.se> wrote:
>It looks like the new shared libs get installed too soon,
>and thus programs trying to load them get lots of undefined
>symbols.

You seem to be trying to upgrade directly from 1.0.2 to -current.
You might be looking for trouble !

I think you should consider first moving to 1.1 Beta (or 1.1 when
it's released), in order to install shared libs and the new config,
and when everything seems okay, upgrade to -current. That will be
a lot easier.

I did the first part : first I tried the precompiled GENERICAH
kernel, then booting the 1.0.2 kernel I installed the 1.1 Beta
kernel sources and config with the required shared libs. After
that, I booted the 1.1 kernel again and ran config. Then I rebooted
with the 1.0.2 kernel and compiled the kernel except for the final
link, which I had to do under the 1.1 kernel (sounds complicated,
but its simple, really). Then I booted 1.1 and never rebooted 1.0.2
again, I installed the rest of the system and made a lot on room
on my HD.

I intend to go to -current as soon as I can have an easy way to
get regular -current updates.

By the way, I wanted to thank all the FreeBSD team for the wonderful
1.1 Beta. I was already very happy with 1.0.2, but 1.1 is such a
huge improvement I couldn't believe it.

Especially on my machine with 8megs, the new VM system and the new
IDE driver really make the difference ! Even before I installed
shared libs, it looked like I had added 4megs RAM...
-- 
Pierre Beyssac                  FreeBSD@home: pb@fasterix.frmug.fr.net

FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux 	-- Il y a moins bien, mais c'est plus cher.
You can also get less bang for more bucks. (translation F. Berjon)