Re: Stable instability: an update

From: Stacey Roberts (stacey_at_vickiandstacey.com)
Date: 08/31/03

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    To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
    Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:53:01 +0100
    
    

    Hello,

    On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 05:41, Mike Silbersack wrote:
    > For those of you only loosely following this list, here's what I just
    > added to UPDATING:
    >
    I've just cvsup'd sources on a test-bed here and this message still
    appears in /usr/src/UPDATING.

    Can we in userland expect some statement (via freebsd-announce@, for
    instance) as and when this situation is sufficiently resolved?

    Thanks,

    Regards,

    Stacey

    > +20030828:
    > + Unfortuntely, the previous entry turned out to be incorrect;
    > + the instability has not yet been solved. If you are running
    > + a pre-August 9th kernel, please hold off updating at this
    > + time. Please read the stable@freebsd.org list for up to
    > + date information on this issue. Once a final solution has
    > + been committed, this file will be updated.
    >
    > Tor Egge just posted a patch to this list which seems to solve the
    > problem, but I think we'll do a little more testing before we declare the
    > problem fully solved. :)
    >
    > In the meantime, you may be interested in the cvsup manpage, which
    > describes how to cvsup to a specific date, such as August 7th. <g>
    >
    > Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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