Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:03:47 -0700 From: "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: upgrading to 4 stable Message-ID: <002701c38857$20061e30$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> References: <1065036808.4566.37.camel@debian>
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> What I got was 4.9 prerelease. With this version I can't use > /stand/sysinstall to install software. It keeps telling me that the FTP > server doesn't have the ports for 4.9. The ports in /usr/ports work fine > but it would be nice to use /stand/sysinstall. Why use sysinstall for this? Why not pkg_add? Also, see my answer on sysinstall below. > QUESTIONS > 1. Is 4.9 stable? 4.9-PRERELEASE is 4-STABLE > 2. Is there a way I can use /stand/sysinstall to install software? You may need to build sysinstall. cd /usr/src/release/sysinstall && make all install > 3. This system is being used at the moment. Is there any danger in using > 4.9 prerelease? I wouldn't think so. Is everything working ok? I'm using it on two machines with no problems, but of course, YMMV.
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