svn commit: r318736 - in head: cddl/lib/libzfs contrib/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common contrib/openbsm/libbsm include lib/libarchive lib/libc/gen lib/libc/include lib/libc/sys lib/libkvm lib/libmi...

[Ronald Klop]

On Tue, 23 May 2017 16:00:46 +0200, Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 23 May 2017 at 05:29, Konstantin Belousov <kib at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Author: kib
>> Date: Tue May 23 09:29:05 2017
>> New Revision: 318736
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318736
>>
>>   Update note: strictly follow the instructions in UPDATING.  Build
>>   and install the new kernel with COMPAT_FREEBSD11 option enabled,
>>   then reboot, and only then install new world.
>
> There's been some confusion over this point, so let me clarify: this
> note refers to the regular upgrade procedure documented in UPDATING
> under the heading "To rebuild everything and install it on the current
> system". Following the regular, documented procedure is both necessary
> and sufficient for the ino64 change.
>
> It's mentioned explicitly here because folks often take shortcuts with
> updating (e.g. not rebooting), and such a shortcut will fail with the
> ino64 change.


I read this in the commit log and my first thought was that it would help  
a lot of people if there was an extra entry in UPDATING mentioning the  
explicit need of the 'installkernel, reboot, installworld' order of the  
official procedure.

A lot of people do not read the commits, but do follow UPDATING.

BTW: The content of the commit is great work and I'm sure it will benefit  
future of FreeBSD!

Cheers,
Ronald.