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Date:      Sat, 1 Jun 2002 13:09:11 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Elden Fenison <efbsd@moondog.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jesper Gertz <j-og-j@mail.dk>
Subject:   Re: 4.5 RELEASE and fresh ports
Message-ID:  <20020601130911.B81251@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020601003710.A59287@snoopy.moondog.org>; from efbsd@moondog.org on Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:37:10AM -0700
References:  <20020521121620.JQOG23576.fepE.post.tele.dk@fepD.im.tele.dk> <20020531225410.A30049@snoopy.moondog.org> <20020531235442.A60067@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020601003710.A59287@snoopy.moondog.org>

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On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:37:10AM -0700, Elden Fenison 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.
>=20
> 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!!

That pretty much just means "read the -stable mailing list for a few
days to look for reports or announcements of problems, and then update
to a version from a few days ago since you know it's probably ok"

Kris

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