From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 4 08:09:42 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E06106566B for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2011 08:09:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 871E58FC08 for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2011 08:09:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p8489V1Z025438 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:09:32 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p8489V1Z025438 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1315123772; bh=YwcNt2+//EEn+NiDpoGDuK1wjYvDBjqMMzHhDqCOyJg=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4E633233.5060802@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20S un,=2004=20Sep=202011=2009:09:23=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20rv:6.0.1)=20Gecko/2 0110830=20Thunderbird/6.0.1|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Mike=20Brown =20|CC:=20doc@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20FreeBSD= 20Handbook=20sec.=2026.2=20(freebsd-update)=20missing=20info|Refer ences:=20<201109032216.p83MGWR9049528@chilled.skew.org>|In-Reply-T o:=20<201109032216.p83MGWR9049528@chilled.skew.org>|X-Enigmail-Ver sion:=201.3.1|OpenPGP:=20id=3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20multipart/s igned=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pg p-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig6E5A95BF634277 D3AC1FBEF8"; b=r7sNxpKaoh3b6iQsJALNnLYHsShwn9qVonCq4PfwLkPbVgCJHa6KgOmoEe9wylKns I4XXBzQElqoKK3TJFvYsrC7OPAeJVHz4x2wSbLaiyTMOTNJrlQKx/0oe1Grr7BxqoE XObSCTBxM51QVHSowIZPA8iPRXD73s1ktaqjWDg4= Message-ID: <4E633233.5060802@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:09:23 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20110830 Thunderbird/6.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Brown References: <201109032216.p83MGWR9049528@chilled.skew.org> In-Reply-To: <201109032216.p83MGWR9049528@chilled.skew.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.1 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6E5A95BF634277D3AC1FBEF8" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook sec. 26.2 (freebsd-update) missing info X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:09:42 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6E5A95BF634277D3AC1FBEF8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/09/2011 23:16, Mike Brown wrote: > Also, the phrase "For all current releases, downloading the latest vers= ion is=20 > not required" maybe should be moved up before the download instructions= so=20 > that it comes before the implication that the download is necessary. freebsd-update is part of all currently supported releases (ie. 7.x, 8.x and the upcoming 9.0). As it's only useful[*] for a supported release, I think that section could probably do with some editing. > And I'm not really clear on whether I need it. I have 8.0-STABLE, last = updated=20 > a while ago (not long after the 2009-12-03 security update to the utili= ty). Is=20 > this a "current release" that means I don't need to update the utility?= Ah. Anything -STABLE is not supported through freebsd-update. STABLE, despite the name, is a development branch. If you want to use freebsd-update than you need to be running a -RELEASE version. Even so, you're going to need to upgrade to something quite a lot more recent than 8.0-RELEASE to get support. See the list of supported versions here= : http://www.freebsd.org/releng/ RELENG_8_0 is no longer officially supported, and you would be well advised to upgrade to a more recent version. RELENG_8_2 a.k.a 8.2-RELEASE is what I'd recommend. Cheers, Matthew [*] Unless you're going to build your own update server and backport any important changes to whatever old version you want to support. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig6E5A95BF634277D3AC1FBEF8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5jMjsACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwmPQCeJjOUlstjVBhLv62pXwpRD1nl SlIAnAu3R/cq4f5rrunsHGDEp1nCT6+6 =o+Ie -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6E5A95BF634277D3AC1FBEF8--