Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:47:39 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> To: Kurt Jaeger <pi@opsec.eu> Cc: ticso@cicely.de, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> Subject: Re: 11.0-RC1 unsupported by ports? Message-ID: <20170125084738.GM85666@cicely7.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20170125081318.GT13006@home.opsec.eu> References: <20170125042413.GK85666@cicely7.cicely.de> <20170125062045.GS13006@home.opsec.eu> <20170125075459.GL85666@cicely7.cicely.de> <20170125081318.GT13006@home.opsec.eu>
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 09:13:18AM +0100, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > > > 11.0-RC1 was superseded by 11.0-REL, so while that message is a bit > > > drastic, there's a point to it. > > > > With that argument only the latest version would be supported. > > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/ lists the supported releases. > There are no release candidates listed. > > > That said, it is a release candidate and as such one could argue that > > there never had been any official support at all. > > In that case however the message is wrong, because when a support has > > ended it implies that there was support. > > > > The check in the code is this one: > > .if (${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && (${OSVERSION} < 1003000 || (${OSVERSION} >= 1100000 && ${OSVERSION} < 1100122))) || \ > > (${OPSYS} == DragonFly && ${DFLYVERSION} < 400400) > > > > It is not about RC as such, it is explicitly about 11.0-RC. > > My OSVERSION is 1100121. > > So obviously support starts with the first release. > > Fair enough, but then the message is still wrong unless it was supported. > > What's stopping you from upgrading to -REL ? Buildworld on a raspberry isn't fun - if it works at all. Even if you crossbuild and just copy the binaries, the wear of MicroSD cards isn't something you want to test unless you really have to. -- B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.
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