From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 28 12:44:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C060237C057 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:44:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.85.69]) by mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000628204335.IDGH10065.mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:43:35 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA01557; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:44:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:44:03 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Michael Goeringer Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup vs. CD upgrade? Message-ID: <20000628204403.G233@parish> References: <381717978.962220354529.JavaMail.root@web622-wrb.mail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <381717978.962220354529.JavaMail.root@web622-wrb.mail.com>; from mikegoe@earthlink.net on Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 03:25:54PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 03:25:54PM -0400, Michael Goeringer wrote: > A comment I read earlier made me wonder....as I'm running 4.0-stable > (thanks to the FreeBSD Diary script I've now got cvsup down as a > 'piece of cake'!!)....so when 4.1 rolls out on CD..would it better to > use cvsup..or upgrade via the cd (after booting with it). Firstly, please wrap your lines at ~72 chars. Since you are running -STABLE and using cvsup (as I am) then just continue tracking -STABLE. 4.0-S will become 4.1-S which will become 4.2-S and they will always be slightly "ahead" of the corresponding -RELEASE. > Does it > really matter? What are the effects on ports/packages such as X and > KDE? > Occasionally run ``pkg_version -v'' to see which of your installed ports are out of date. ``pkg_version -c'' will produce a script (use with caution, there is a bug in it - PR bin/18176) to u/g those that are out of date. HTH > Michael G. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message