From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 21 04:57:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 ECB7516A41F for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:57:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804FB43D49 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:57:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.07) with ESMTP id j8L4uxv8015340 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:56:59 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.7] (c-24-18-246-211.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [24.18.246.211]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.07) with ESMTP id j8L4uxiC012366 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:56:59 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) In-Reply-To: <4330BEFE.6060007@makeworld.com> References: <4330BEFE.6060007@makeworld.com> Message-Id: <70FA6E64-E507-4D11-A223-AA708C593E52@u.washington.edu> From: Garrett Cooper Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:58:03 -0700 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='HTML_70_90 0.1, __CT 0, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_ALT 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __TAG_EXISTS_HTML 0' Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: make buildworld fails on step 1.2 and questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:57:01 -0000 On Sep 20, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Chris wrote: > > A few things - If you are using CURRENT (anything) you have posted to > the wrong list - try FreeBSD-CURRENT. K. > If your a newb (as you seem to be), you should be using either > 5.4-RELEASE or 4.11-RELEASE Meh. I just want to get my hands dirty a bit and learn more about FreeBSD to the point where I feel confident about the OS inside out. > If you want to use the patch branch of 5.4, your cvs tag will be: > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_4 > > If you want the 4.11 patch branch: > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_11 > > I have been using FreeBSD since 2.2.8 - and only recently have I felt > comfy enough to use CURRENT. > > For you - admirable, yes - foolish, you betcha. Stick to something > solid > until you know what you're doing... Still, one must make mistakes in order to learn. Besides, my important data is on a separate partition just in case anything goes awry, and I do have a LiveCD on hand. Thank you though, I do appreciate it.