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Date:      Fri, 05 Dec 1997 11:41:13 +0700
From:      jahan <jahan@pc.jaring.my>
To:        "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 2.2.1 upgrade
Message-ID:  <348785E9.A4DFDFE4@pc.jaring.my>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971204190218.5543V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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Thank you very much.

Doug White wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, jahan wrote:
> 
> > Doug White wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, jahan wrote:
> > >
> > > > OK I got the 221upgradeblablah.tar .
> > > >
> > > > Now can any one tell me how do I apply it ?
> > >
> >
> > > What are you trying to do?
> >
> > >
> > > You'd be better off upgrading the entire OS.
> >
> > How ? Buy another CD or another 200th time trying download ? I don't
> > understand, why these pakages downloads are so big. why not break it
> > chunks ?
> 
> The packages are the fully built versions.  If you need small, try the
> port; then you have to grab the source tarball instead.
> 
> The 2.2.1 upgrade kit gets you up to a really late -stable a bit before
> 2.2.2.  I think it only bumps bsd.port.mk and some other stuff.
> 
> If you really want to install it, `tar xzf 221upgrade*' from the root dir
> should take care of it.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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