From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 30 20:58:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA16742 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:58:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts13-line10.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA16736 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:58:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA00641; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:58:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:58:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Gregory Pavelcak cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Concerned about make world In-Reply-To: <199708271147.HAA05652@emily.oit.umass.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Gregory Pavelcak wrote: > If I have 2.2.2-Release already installed (and I do), CVSup-ing > 2.2-STABLE and making world from it is a reasonable thing > to do right? That is, it's not a step backwards in terms of the > updatedness of my system. No, 2.2-STABLE includes code that is beyond 2.2.2 and is the basis for the forthcoming 2.2.5-RELEASE. So it is perfectly reasonable to grab and build new source if you wish to update. If you don't like using `make world', daily SNAPs are available at releng22.freebsd.org in `release'd form. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo