Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:53:23 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ben Washington-Yule <benwy_01@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't on install packages for 5-current on 5-release? Message-ID: <20041024065323.GB67423@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <417B47B2.3080608@yahoo.com.au> References: <417B47B2.3080608@yahoo.com.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 07:12:02PM +1300, Ben Washington-Yule wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm beginning to understand the diffs between -STABLE, -CURRENT and > RELEASE but I have a question regarding packages. I am using > 5.2.1-RELEASE, and "pkg_add -r mozilla" installs version 1.5 or > thereabouts of mozilla, 1.7 being the latest stable release. I have > noticed that there is a much more recent (1.7) package of mozilla > available from "packages-5-current"; can I install this package on my > 5.2.1-RELEASE computer? No, later versions of 5.x are not binary compatible with older. That's because it's a development branch. You have more leeway to do what you want on -stable branches, but even then it's not always going to work. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBe1FjWry0BWjoQKURAhR7AJ9VrCKXMddb8fuIh00QJ6xKasWt0wCfcFEP m1kjMq2kTlu1V84fFvkORaw= =V8R4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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