From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 24 06:52:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D55416A4CE for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 06:52:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 476CF43D49 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 06:52:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 24FB15150F; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:53:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:53:23 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Ben Washington-Yule Message-ID: <20041024065323.GB67423@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <417B47B2.3080608@yahoo.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3lcZGd9BuhuYXNfi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <417B47B2.3080608@yahoo.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't on install packages for 5-current on 5-release? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 06:52:54 -0000 --3lcZGd9BuhuYXNfi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 07:12:02PM +1300, Ben Washington-Yule wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I'm beginning to understand the diffs between -STABLE, -CURRENT and=20 > RELEASE but I have a question regarding packages. I am using=20 > 5.2.1-RELEASE, and "pkg_add -r mozilla" installs version 1.5 or=20 > thereabouts of mozilla, 1.7 being the latest stable release. I have=20 > noticed that there is a much more recent (1.7) package of mozilla=20 > available from "packages-5-current"; can I install this package on my=20 > 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 --3lcZGd9BuhuYXNfi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBe1FjWry0BWjoQKURAhR7AJ9VrCKXMddb8fuIh00QJ6xKasWt0wCfcFEP m1kjMq2kTlu1V84fFvkORaw= =V8R4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3lcZGd9BuhuYXNfi--