From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 22 16:45:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAD761065670 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3648FC15 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so716407fka.11 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:45:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KU1xSsSDhJGpUzPieGuztKEjPZMMLUb+foxub9dwo2g=; b=pa3ZdEWeka3e3CE69AJ3465wmhWSq4a9i0elVhDXVrx+cKpl98NN11NjKgh4z+yUeU QejYh/1TQDnG6rlQIKicb65fa1TmdNExWLpt7CsyGcfYXF7NwFgyR68S0+YiRwXw64X3 ZH72Oz8N84yHBFjGp/p+6GO4Occu1AS6/NVtw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BcJmfbbl9t2h+mk8I7DyoxM6E8Li5hnP4C9i1C6DALjm5essUkYyhqOV6/0OzG73AZ 8S+VglRyQdY4hWq08xRhZWsc081r+Vs5tyBNQEwrydN7sA9VnAYf8LQHz9LXVBy2VHyi jc7lqGAQzAAEiL3NOJeZBY2NoZfSLkiMBJK6o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.113.9 with SMTP id y9mr5206454fap.19.1237740348564; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:45:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:45:48 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310903220945v31fe058h55298edbcccd93b1@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Jason Nordwick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall cannot find snapshot releases X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:45:50 -0000 On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Jason Nordwick wrote: > I'm a previous FreeBSD user that used to track current and returning after a > few years. If my memory is correct, the definition of -stable, -release, and > -current seems to have changed? (but my memory sucks so excuse me if I'm > wrong). No. > > Can you no longer track -release, but instead -stable is actually more > advanced at times (more bug fixes and backports)? > You can track -RELEASE for security errata. > So I guess I would like to use -current or -stable and occasionally cvsup > the tree. I tried downloading the 200902 current and stable snapshots, and > sysinstall keeps telling me the Main site doesn't have them, so I tried > 200812 current and that doesn't work either. Is there an FTP problem this > morning? > How exactly are you trying to do this? If your answer is freebsd-update, read the manual page for freebsd-update, as it clearly states you cannot use it with -STABLE and -CURRENT. -- Glen Barber