From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 07:41:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E8016A4CF for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:41:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp17.wxs.nl (smtp17.wxs.nl [195.121.6.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05CD43D5E for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:41:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp17.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0HWK000NV7SH8J@smtp17.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:38:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3M6cbLg001123; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:38:38 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3M6cado001122; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:38:36 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:38:36 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: To: sAndri Kok Message-id: <20040422063836.GA903@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: itetcu@apropo.ro cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:41:32 -0000 Dear Andri Kok, Please put your reply to the buttom and cut out text thats no longer relevant. This makes the mail more readable for others. On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 04:23:52PM +1000, sAndri Kok wrote: > Hi guys, > > Thx for he previous replies =) Now, u said that I may not be able to run > some new applications on old FreeSD releases (in this case 4.8), does cvsup No cvsup doesn't know that. Its posible that the port it self knows if its upgradable or not. But also this is not garanteed. > know how to handle which ports are "upgradeable" and which are not? > I assuming from the replies that I had that since all ports are the > same if they are upadated at the same time and That is correct. > I read in the mailing list the other > day that Gnome2.6 wouldn't be able to run properly on 4.8 machines. Any > pointes? Thx again =) In that case you migth want to try to download the package instead of the port from the ftp server (ftp.freebsd.org). -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/