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Subject: Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ?
In-Reply-To: <374C0839.AD2EE3FC@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at "May 26, 1999 11:42: 1 pm"
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As Daniel C. Sobral wrote ...
> Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > 
> > There is one detail I miss: most commercial products are supported by
> > supplying limited scale fixes (OK, sometime a *lot* of them) instead of
> > a wholesale upgrade.
> > 
> > Not that I advocate starting a patch circus like most of the commercial folks
> > mind you! Just an observation.
> 
> We also do that, through cvsup. Of course, the process of installing
> said fixes involves a make world, which could as well be a black
> box. Can you tell the difference between that and applying a service
> pack?

Yes. Make world on -STABLE generally works. Service packs don't ;-)

I'm known to break NT servers when I touch them, so no need to convince me..

Wilko
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