From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 1 0:37:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snoopy.moondog.org (snoopy.moondog.org [208.186.117.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA72637B40F for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snoopy.moondog.org (buckybeav@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snoopy.moondog.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g517bBlV059507; Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:37:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from efbsd@moondog.org) Received: (from elden@localhost) by snoopy.moondog.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g517bAUY059506; Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:37:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from efbsd@moondog.org) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:37:10 -0700 From: Elden Fenison To: Kris Kennaway Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jesper Gertz Subject: Re: 4.5 RELEASE and fresh ports Message-ID: <20020601003710.A59287@snoopy.moondog.org> Mail-Followup-To: Kris Kennaway , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jesper Gertz References: <20020521121620.JQOG23576.fepE.post.tele.dk@fepD.im.tele.dk> <20020531225410.A30049@snoopy.moondog.org> <20020531235442.A60067@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020531235442.A60067@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:54:42PM -0700 X-Mailer: Mutt 1.2.5.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Kris Kennaway [05/31/2002 23:54]: > Not quite. The ports collection only officially supports -stable and > -current, so you may run into problems from time to time if the ports > collection starts making use of new features introduced into newer > versions of the OS. This doesn't happen very often, but it does > happen. Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks very much for the info. :) I'm currently tracking -stable, but am contemplating switching to -release after 4.6 is out. One reason for this is that the freebsd web site specifically advises against "blindly" tracking -stable. And I'm afraid I'm not nearly technical enough to be of any help reporting bugs other than screaming HELP!! However, your statement here is good reason to track -stable as I normally don't let my ports get more than 24 hours out of date. -- -=Elden=- http://www.moondog.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message