From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 15:07:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD84D16A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:07:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (fast.dnswatch.com [216.177.243.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22AC743D3F for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:07:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (localhost.dnswatch.com [127.0.0.1]) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j3RF7tsm065752; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:07:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id j3RF7rFL065751; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:07:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fast.dnswatch.com: www set sender to null@dnswatch.com using -f Received: from demon.dnswatch.com ([216.177.243.42]) (DNSwatch.com_WebMail authenticated user null) by webmail.dnswatch.com with HTTP; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:07:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <61128.216.177.243.42.1114614472.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <20050427160039.udg3gvwzi84840s4@netchild.homeip.net> References: <20050425155955.89494.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com> <20050427160039.udg3gvwzi84840s4@netchild.homeip.net> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:07:52 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" To: "Alexander Leidinger" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org User-Agent: DNSwatch.com_WebMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:07:57 -0000 > pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote: > >> - Bad press towards the 5.x series. > > If it doesn't mentions 5.3 explicitely, it doesn't apply. > >> - phk's axe broke one of my favorite ports and I didn't want to spend >> another 6 months "fixing" it. > > You failed to tell which port you are talking about. > >> - I wanted to use XFree86-4 and building it on my own and figuring out >> the >> library mess later is not an option. > > We still have the XFree86-4 port, and AFAIK it still works (everything > else > is a bug). You just have to set a variable in make.conf to make it the > default. Isn't this and most of the rest of what you mention here always mentioned in: /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/ports/UPDATING which, in turn, is mentioned in many places in the (online)handbook? > >> - Although outdated, the downloadable java support package was available >> for 4.x only. > > It should work on 5.3-release too. At least there was an effort to get it > working, and AFAIK they succeeded. > > > The next time just remember: Everything is possible, you just have to ask > if > you don't know how to do it yourself. > > Bye, > Alexander. > > -- > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 > http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 > We are simple killers of people and destroyers of property. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -Chris //////////////////////////////////////////////////// If only Western Electric had found a way to offer binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today rather than DOS/Windows. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////