From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 14 22:41:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70A991065677 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:41:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@midsummerdream.org) Received: from p3plsmtpa01-10.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa01-10.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [72.167.82.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3587A8FC23 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 25014 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2011 22:40:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (70.131.50.248) by p3plsmtpa01-10.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (72.167.82.90) with ESMTP; 14 Jun 2011 22:40:59 -0000 Message-ID: <4DF7E37A.8060107@midsummerdream.org> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:40:58 -0500 From: Rob User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201106062239.14221.lobo@bsd.com.br> <201106091855.31224.lobo@bsd.com.br> <4DF6A7CD.70403@midsummerdream.org> <201106141852.02295.lobo@bsd.com.br> In-Reply-To: <201106141852.02295.lobo@bsd.com.br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Virtualbox on 8.2 64-bit (cont) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lists@midsummerdream.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:41:00 -0000 On 6/14/11 4:52 PM, Mario Lobo wrote: >> Also, do you know the difference between pre-built packages on the >> freebsd ftp server in packages-8.2-release vs packages-8-stable? >> > > Well, IF you installed the source tree from the SAME cd which you installed > the FreeBSD you have now, there won't be any problems. You said you want to > keep the stock kernel you installed so I assume that you haven't updated > anything from the internet. You MUST install the source tree from the same > DVD/CD from where you installed your running kernel! > > The diference is that the packages are meant to run on their respective > version. I believe that packages that don't rely on a specific thing of one > version should run without problems on both. But this is not normal or even > needed at all, specially because it is so easy to bring everything uptodate to > the same version. I installed from an 8.2 boot only CD (ie network install) and have since patched up to 8.2-p2. I assume I can just run sysinstall from my system and pull the src tree from the ftp server? When 8.3 comes out, what do I need to do to update the src tree? This may be documented in the UPDATING docs, but having never messed with the source tree I haven't had cause to look. If so just tell me to go read the respective doc. :) Rob