On 28-Jan-00 Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> It's also related to the kernel, where installworld is installing and
> subsequently running binaries that won't work with the current kernel. The
> same applies to installing shared binaries and running them without the
> proper libraries.
Ok, I'll buy that. :)
>> Do you have those patches somewhere where I can look at them. I want to
>> start testing them, because it _may_ (I'm only saying "may" right now) be
>> better to fix this before 4.0 so that we don't have 4 million users using
>> cvsup to upgrade to 4.0 (despite all the warnings about 4.0
>> being only for early adopters) and then running into this and flooding
>> -questions. I'd like to prevent a FAQ rather than create one, if you know
>> what I mean.
>
> I don't think we should change yet another thing before a release. The
> problem shouldn't have been created this close to a release in the first
> place. We have to stop somewhere, and I think we should stop "fixing" right
> here, right now unless there's a *really* good reason not to (IMO of
> course).
You're right. I guess the proper solution is to just back these changes out
until after 4.0 when you can finish fixing up install side of 'world'. I just
got ahead of myself a little.
> BTW: I've posted the patches before on -committers IIRC...
Probably, another case of too much energy and not quite enough careful thought
on my part.
> marcel
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