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move compat issues section after the "what's new" section. add swap compat note.

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@ -148,6 +148,52 @@ Memory subsystem, kernel threads, and SMP support.
#include "whatis"
Compatibility Issues:
------------- ------
As with any system which has functionality added and products
modified to fit within the goals of portability, standards
adherance, and uniformity, there have been some changes which
affects compatibility with existing NetBSD products.
The following products may need the suggested work-around to
work in NetBSD _VER:
* Swap configuration is now entirely in the domain of the user
and as such all swap partitions need to be added to /etv/fstab.
Common symptoms of upgrades missing this vital step include
machine death during builds, and such. Check the new swapctl(8)
manual for more detail on how this is done. Example fstab entrys:
/dev/sd3b none swap sw,priority=0
/dev/sd6b none swap sw,priority=5
* AMANDA, The Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver,
from http://www.amanda.org
Description:
Due to a change in the output of dump(8) to ensure
consistency in the messages, AMANDA's dump output
parser breaks.
Error messages such as the following may be an
indication that this problem is present:
FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
hostname wd0e lev 1 FAILED [no backup size line]
Versions affected:
2.3.0.4, and most likely earlier versions
Workaround/Fix:
One of:
* Apply the patch found at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/patches/amanda-pre-2.4.patch
* Upgrade to AMANDA 2.4.0 or newer. The side effect of this is
that the network protocol is incompatible with earlier
versions.
The Future of NetBSD:
--- ------ -- ------
@ -319,43 +365,6 @@ Preparing your System for NetBSD Installation:
#include "prep"
Compatibility Issues:
------------- ------
As with any system which has functionality added and products
modified to fit within the goals of portability, standards
adherance, and uniformity, there have been some changes which
affects compatibility with existing NetBSD products.
The following products may need the suggested work-around to
work in NetBSD _VER:
* AMANDA, The Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver,
from http://www.amanda.org
Description:
Due to a change in the output of dump(8) to ensure
consistency in the messages, AMANDA's dump output
parser breaks.
Error messages such as the following may be an
indication that this problem is present:
FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
hostname wd0e lev 1 FAILED [no backup size line]
Versions affected:
2.3.0.4, and most likely earlier versions
Workaround/Fix:
One of:
* Apply the patch found at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/patches/amanda-pre-2.4.patch
* Upgrade to AMANDA 2.4.0 or newer. The side effect of this is
that the network protocol is incompatible with earlier
versions.
Installing the NetBSD System:
---------- --- ------ ------