Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 22:21:39 -0700 From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Keeping up to date Message-ID: <39F27963.FD3F147B@wiegand.org> References: <39F25719.B9C80E15@wiegand.org> <20001021223146.A26357@flashcom.net>
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The machine I'll be using is a spare with nothing but fbsd 4.0, so no backups are needed, no concerns about if it dies and needs to be reinstalled. "Corey G." wrote: > > You might be getting in over your head with stable too. In fact, you > really need to read the stable mailing list daily if you are going this > route. It's anything but stable some times. Try using cvsup to upgrade > to release 4.1.1. The information is in the handbook for doing this. > Although it's not easy the first time around it's rather gratifying to > have it work. Just read everything you can in the handbook and search > this list for other discussions. Don't forget the part about backups! > > Corey > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 07:55:21PM -0700, Chip wrote: > > I have a spare pc with 4.0 on it and would like to learn > > how to do make world and keep up to date with the latest > > version. Should I just dive right in with the info in The > > Complete FreeBSD, chapter 19? I guess -stable would be the > > better choice for me, I am not a programmer of any kind, > > I think I might be getting in over my head with -current. > > I looked at the handbook on the freebsd.org website and it > > has a much longer version of doing apparently the same thing. > > Opinions and suggestions wanted from those who are already > > doing this. > > > > -- > > Chip W. > > www.wiegand.org > > FreeBSD - a Better Choice > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ---end quoted text--- > > -- > Best Regards, > Corey -- Chip W. www.wiegand.org Alternative Operating Systems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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