Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 12:11:40 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: Elden Fenison <efbsd@moondog.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jesper Gertz <j-og-j@mail.dk> Subject: Re: 4.5 RELEASE and fresh ports, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Message-ID: <ZU74621WVXT42JD06EANIA6GB71XR74.3cf8f23c@sparky> In-Reply-To: <20020601003710.A59287@snoopy.moondog.org>
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6/1/2002 3:37:10 AM, Elden Fenison <efbsd@moondog.org> wrote: >* 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. [snip] >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normally don't let my ports get more than 24 hours out of date. 24 hours? What are you afraid of missing? ;-) Updating once every week or two should be plenty. Of course if the base system or a port gets a fix or new capability you've been waiting for, you'll want to update then. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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