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Subject: Re: 7-stable packages on 7.0-release system?
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Torgeir wrote:
 > I assume that it is not advisable, but what can I expect to happen if
 > I try to use packages for 7-stable on a 7.0-release system?

No, it is not advisable. I tried:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-June/177553.html

As I said two weeks ago, that failure was predictable and the few 
offenders could be found, but I had another weird problem that could 
only be solved with recompile:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-July/179517.html

For the opposite, using packages from an earlier point, compatibility is 
usually preserved, but not always, either:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-July/043950.html

Not having newer binary packages for the latest RELEASE is a shortcoming 
on FreeBSD, but you will find many references that there are simply not 
enough resources.

Cheers,
Jan Henrik