Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3

--On Thursday, June 05, 2008 19:10:19 +0200 Pieter de Goeje <pieter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There's a really easy way to test this. Build & install a new kernel, but
keep the old kernel around (by default it's in /boot/kernel.old). If the
problem is gone, do the upgrade as usual. If it's still there, you know
upgrading won't fix it and you don't waste time; simply rename kernel.old to
kernel. This even works with 7.0 provided that you leave COMPAT_FREEBSD6 in
the kernel configuration file.

It's not quite that simple. To do that, I have to block out time to drive 45 miles during my supposed "off" hours and do the upgrade there. Because, if it breaks networking and I'm at home, the server will be down for at least an hour until I can drive to the hosting company, get access to the server and restore the old kernel.

Again, I'm not complaining. Just sayin' that sometimes stuff ain't quite as easy to do as folks who are surrounded by hardware and test platforms assume it is.

--
Paul Schmehl
As if it wasn't already obvious,
my opinions are my own and not
those of my employer.

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