From 2597e77e920232c1f6a120a92d3636db07e9daf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jmc Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 04:03:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note the breakage w. 1.35 of var.c in /bin/sh and the need to update /bin/sh before attempting a build --- UPDATING | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index ebda7d73b442..67935628106c 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.128 2004/10/02 16:24:32 he Exp $ +$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.129 2004/10/12 04:03:20 jmc Exp $ This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for @@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile. Recent changes: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +20041006: + + A bug was introduced into /bin/sh (var.c rev 1.35) which causes + variables to not export correctly to subshells in all cases. This + will cause builds to break if that version of /bin/sh is installed + on the system. The proper version of /bin/sh can be verified with: + + ident /bin/sh | grep var + + Any /bin/sh w. version 1.35 will not work and needs to be updated + before attempting a build. + 20041001: The ipfilter kernel sources moved from sys/netinet to dist/sys/ipf/netinet. Due to the move some Makefile