I appear to have a machine which will not run RELENG_6_2, though it runs the released code quite happily. Is there a CVS tag I can use to revert the sources back to the way they were on RELEASE? I want to be able to verify that this is and track down what changed! I don't think it should ever be the case that something which runs X.Y-RELEASE will not run RELENG_X_Y should it ? -pcf.
Pete French wrote:> I appear to have a machine which will not run RELENG_6_2, though it runs > the released code quite happily. Is there a CVS tag I can use to revert the > sources back to the way they were on RELEASE? I want to be able to > verify that this is and track down what changed! I don't think it should > ever be the case that something which runs X.Y-RELEASE will not run RELENG_X_Y > should it ?I think you will want RELENG_6_2_0_RELEASE. What happens with RELENG_6_2, IIRC there was only very limited changes to kernel which should only affect IPv6... Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20070319/ba841a59/signature.pgp
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:31:54 +0000 Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> wrote:> I appear to have a machine which will not run RELENG_6_2, though it runs > the released code quite happily. Is there a CVS tag I can use to revert the > sources back to the way they were on RELEASE? I want to be able to > verify that this is and track down what changed! I don't think it should > ever be the case that something which runs X.Y-RELEASE will not run RELENG_X_Y > should it ?RELENG_6_2_0_RELEASE You can use CVS Web to look them up: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/ -> Drop down box, "Show only files with tag ..." Cheers, Dominic
> I think you will want RELENG_6_2_0_RELEASE.thanks (and to the others who responded)> What happens with RELENG_6_2, IIRC there was only very limited changes > to kernel which should only affect IPv6...Indeed! Part of the reason I want to do the revert is to make absolutely sure that it runs the GENERIC kernel from RELEASE properly. The kernel I have running on it is a binary from elsewherre which was built from the 6.2 RELEASE code, but I no longer have the options it was built with (though I can tell it does not contain IPv6). Hence I want to make sure that the problem is with the change to IPv6 and not the existence of IPv6 in general on that machine. Will report back if it turns out to be a problem with RELENG_6_2 cheers, -pete.
Pete French wrote:>> I think you will want RELENG_6_2_0_RELEASE. > > thanks (and to the others who responded) > >> What happens with RELENG_6_2, IIRC there was only very limited changes >> to kernel which should only affect IPv6... > > Indeed! Part of the reason I want to do the revert is to make absolutely > sure that it runs the GENERIC kernel from RELEASE properly. The kernel > I have running on it is a binary from elsewherre which was built from the 6.2 > RELEASE code, but I no longer have the options it was built with (thoughI always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we should add it to DEFAULTS some day... Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20070319/e31bd5ec/signature.pgp
If memory serves me right, Pete French wrote:> I appear to have a machine which will not run RELENG_6_2, though it runs > the released code quite happily. Is there a CVS tag I can use to revert the > sources back to the way they were on RELEASE? I want to be able to > verify that this is and track down what changed! I don't think it should > ever be the case that something which runs X.Y-RELEASE will not run RELENG_X_Y > should it ?According to my records of commits, there were only three post-release commits to RELENG_6_2, and they were all fixes for security advisories or errata notices. They were: FreeBSD-SA-07:02.bind (9 Feb 2007) FreeBSD-EN-07:02.net and FreeBSD-EN-07:03.rc.d_jail (28 Feb 2007) FreeBSD-EN-07:05.freebsd-update (15 Mar 2007) All of these were vetted pretty closely by secteam@ and domain experts (and usually re@ as well). The only one of these that touched the kernel was FreeBSD-EN-07:02.net, which backed out an IPv6-related regression that was introduced late in the 6.2 release cycle. I'm personally pretty skeptical that this could cause a problem, although I'm admittedly a little biased, plus there weren't a lot of details in your email as to what the problem is. To answer your last question: If your machine runs 6.2-RELEASE, then RELENG_6_2 should run on it. Bruce. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20070319/82bbd99f/signature.pgp
LI Xin wrote:
> I always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we
> should add it to DEFAULTS some day...
Yes, that would be very useful. But it should also take
any includes into account.
It was very annoying to discover that INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE
gave me only two lines for one of my kernels (those were
"options SMP" and "include MYKERNEL"). :-(
Fortunately I was able to find a copy of that included
configuration file elsewhere. But I guess it could be
a very bad surprise for somebody else.
Best regards
Oliver
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