Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:05:22 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Pedro Sam <p2sam@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Message-ID: <4034FAE2.3010403@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200402191058.54306.p2sam@yahoo.com> References: <BAY5-DAV83NARFuuyC400007545@hotmail.com> <4033C774.2030206@daleco.biz> <16436.4522.353718.896339@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <200402191058.54306.p2sam@yahoo.com>
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Pedro Sam wrote: > On Wednesday February 18 2004 20:30, Robert Huff wrote: [ ... ] > Just wondering... if one installed 4.9, would the system be stuck with really > outdated userland apps? or would CVSup be able to update the userland ports, > without changing the base system? A FreeBSD 4.9 installation will contain quite modern userland applications. You can use cvsup to update both the sources for userland or for the ports collection. You can also install a port (by default things go under /usr/local) to get a newer version of software than what FreeBSD ships, but the base system and ports are kept seperate (by default, again). > This way, one can get an update(perhaps unstable) userland, but need not fear > the OS crashing... If you want maximum stability, track RELENG_4_9 for now; otherwise track -STABLE (which is RELENG_4, currently). -- -Chuck
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