From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 9 03:39:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4358106564A for ; Sat, 9 May 2009 03:39:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f168.google.com (mail-fx0-f168.google.com [209.85.220.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 401AE8FC0C for ; Sat, 9 May 2009 03:39:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so1708205fxm.43 for ; Fri, 08 May 2009 20:39:57 -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; bh=R6tqJDhzOCxMnauRDD36x+kXxsjncuxEjnzHJxaM8xg=; b=tmgeAg/M3ak6lgb3ZqtGSQ2VWZNhlG40H09U8fK8deZVKOfSA61EUAKzxiKDWxlBf9 Tlm5Xpj1spONWTtbTrZ3R7rer7leNt36RSSo/BhGvQ2YJ32qWSVVY1cTo833ii0Xo4I7 fML7Zz61cDyaSVlxyF56sZeZmIH5TiCciJDr8= 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; b=md9tt2fePuwEn0ClhywzbgUAIrs3WYPrndreM4mUeAL4Zs+zVSrv+GveGlB3HdTZTb Hf9BD+n+Lc8o40EL5/uaUvU1WaeGhAQdj73/NaA6FiJbzx+FRd7pvhtCKCWLHptTzqaV ZN782Q3Der3Hf5PMjcqBlCBSUdWxsrZ8APN24= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.72.15 with SMTP id k15mr4293277bkj.14.1241840397154; Fri, 08 May 2009 20:39:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A04EA46.20106@freebsd.org> References: <4A04EA46.20106@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 23:39:57 -0400 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Tim Kientzle Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD 8.0-Current-2009-amd64-dvd X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 03:39:59 -0000 On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > >> >> A few days ago I have downloaded and installed >> 8.-Current-2009-05-amd64-dvd >> on ... >> >> (1) I tried to use X but X was completely missing . >> (2) Trying to add X with pkg_add did not worked... >> (3) I did not understand what can I do with that release... >> > > FreeBSD-CURRENT is for people who are helping to develop > FreeBSD itself. In order to use -CURRENT, you > need to be able to build software without using > packages. Because -CURRENT is in development, > pre-built packages are not available (they would break > very quickly as the system changes). Remember > that X is just another set of packages. > > You can build and install X from ports: > $ cd /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server > $ make > $ make install > > Is there a particular reason you wanted to run > FreeBSD-CURRENT? It sounds like you might be > happier using the latest -STABLE release, which > is FreeBSD 7.2. > > Cheers, > > Tim Kientzle > > Dear Tim , I know that current snapshots should not be used in any production purposes . My intention was only to install it , run some programs , and if I get a feeling that supplying an information to current developers may be useful to send an e-mail about my experiences . I think such installation and test results would be useful to current developers if I am not wrongly assumed that . Thank you very much . Mehmet eErol Sanliturk