Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:04:12 -0600 From: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart Message-ID: <19990302200412.H15210@stumpy.dannyland.org> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990302183847.00a22f00@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 06:40:16PM -0700 References: <4.1.19990302181700.00c56d10@localhost> <4.1.19990302161355.00ad66b0@localhost> <4.1.19990302154522.03fb3730@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903021551210.19678-100000@peloton.physics.m <4.1.19990302161355.00ad66b0@localhost> <19990302184424.C15210@stumpy.dannyland.org> <4.1.19990302181700.00c56d10@localhost> <19990302192729.D15210@stumpy.dannyland.org> <4.1.19990302183847.00a22f00@localhost>
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On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 06:40:16PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 07:27 PM 3/2/99 -0600, dannyman wrote: > > >Uhhhh, no ... if you try to install something for 2.2.8, you're not going to > >get any ELFs. That's why we have -RELEASE versions. > > True. But since the newest versions of the ports are all in ELF format, > what you'll get will be old. Awww damn, you mean if I'm running an older version of the OS, only older versions of the ports are going to be supplied?!? Gosh dang! I recently had the job of admining a shell server that's still running 2.1.x era. We eventually just broke the ports tree because we're just as well off installing stuff the hard way. It really wasn't that bad, and I was appreciative that so many current ports still functioned when I *did* try to get them built. I drive a 1972 Super Beetle. It isn't as easy to find parts or knowledgeable service. If you're running the old thing, you're going to have to work a little harder to find the older accessories that work. > Again, there ought to be a way to get the most up-to-date ports for any > RELEASE version that's up to a year old. Then by all means, please step up and make it so! You could be to 2.2.6 users what Rocky Mountain Motorworks is to old Volkswagen owners. If you're willing to do the work and find the needed volunteers to help you ports ports to older ports trees, then I'm sure you'll have FreeBSd's blessing and tacit support. Otherwise, you've been told we don't have the resources, and unless you can contribute the resources, or engineer a better way, you'd serve us all best if you stopped whining. -danny -- dannyman - http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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