Clear. Thanks. On Jan 29, 2008 4:36 AM, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kyrylo Klimakov wrote: > ...[snip the same ol' libexpat stuff]... > > I think that such behavior of the installer could be treated like a > > bug and package > > xbase42 should be moved to required section or at least in the > > installation documents > > should be described such trouble. > > > > What do you think about? > > I think you should read the instructions that were scattered > everywhere we could think to put them: > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade42.html#libexpat > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade42.html#Pkgup > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq1.html#WhatsNew > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#NoFun > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#FilesNeeded > > The last one is a bit weak, but I think you will find the rest are > making it pretty clear that this has been recognized as a major > problem and will be fixed for the next release (and, in fact, has > long been so: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html). > > So, ignoring things that can't be changed, the release > documentation that is already on the CD and in the release, where > do you wish us to make these changes? > > Original plan was to chop up the developers responsible for this, > tattoo a note about it on each piece and mail the bits to people > who bought the CD sets, but the postal service objected to this. > There was also some question about the long term impact on the > sales of CDs, so plastering it all over the website was considered > a reasonable alternative. ;) > > (Slightly more seriously: Theo himself charged me with making sure > this was plastered all over the things people would be looking at, > and told me to make it clear it was an error, and would be fixed > for the next release. upgrade43.html will include a bit about > removing xbase42.tgz if you had to install it for 4.2) > > > Nick. >
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