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+<DT>16 August 2002</DT>
+<DD>The Hurd sources have stabilized again after a short period in
+which some of the interfaces were changed to prepare support of long
+files.  All relevant filesystem and I/O interfaces have been modified
+to use 64 bit even on 32 bit systems.
+
+In light of the small and patient user base, we decided to drop
+backwards compatibility and replace the interfaces instead extending
+them.  This means that the binaries of the Hurd, the C library, and
+some other programs need to be replaced manually, all at the same
+time, followed by a reboot.
+
+A <A
+HREF="http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/extra-files/hurd-upgrade.txt">detailed
+step-by-step procedure how to upgrade</A> Debian GNU/Hurd is available
+on the Debian web site.
+
+People not using a binary distribution need to do a full manual
+bootstrap.  It is recommended to treat this as a cross-compilation
+case.
+</P>
+
 <DT>31 July 2002</DT>
 <DD>A new page has been added to the site, listing <A
 HREF="related-projects.html">related projects</A>.  You can find it at