From f3064b397ad47fff673f2c6e4c3d042cf90ca0d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Diomidis Spinellis Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:08:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Back-out manual procedure for maintaining compatibility with old accounting files. This functionality will be built-into the corresponding tools. --- UPDATING | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 465b73cc7b9..6bbb0245870 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -21,17 +21,6 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 7.x IS SLOW: developers choose to disable these features on build machines to maximize performance. -20070418: - A new acct(5) format is imminent. If you want to maintain access - to your accounting files, use the new lastcomm(1) -X functionality to - export them into text format, and keep around a copy of the lastcomm - binary. An updated lastcomm(1) program will allow you to import - the text files into the new acct(5) format. The change will also - invalidate the condensed summary files /var/account/savacct and - /var/account/usracct. If your process accounting system relies - on them, you will need to save their contents in a readable format - before the switch. - 20070417: The new trunk(4) driver has been renamed to lagg(4) as it better reflects its purpose. ifconfig will need to be recompiled.