From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 18 03:45:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 187F816A41F; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:45:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from orac000@internet-mail.org) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AA243D6B; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:45:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from orac000@internet-mail.org) Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B611D2FA35; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:45:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from web1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.210]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:45:19 -0500 Received: by web1.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 511DF28B1B; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:45:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1137555920.22862.252108320@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: d7QIMg/2xDGb3Rpm4QJJSGrhblMeAG1i4Cr9LcLxNvsy 1137555920 From: "Aluminium Oxide" To: "Jo Rhett" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 5022 (F2.73; T1.15; A1.64; B3.05; Q3.03) References: <20060112080856.GI84964@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060112080856.GI84964@svcolo.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:15:20 +1030 Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Fast releases demand binary updates.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:45:27 -0000 On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:08:56 -0800, "Jo Rhett" said: > 12 or so honest queries on the mailing list about why "make buildworld" > or the freebsd-update mechanism doesn't work for me. Which I try to > answer > in detail, even when the questioner was insulting me. Why doesn't make buildworld work for you? I find myself replacing binary packages with source more often than not, to effect a better tracking with cvs. I'm guessing, but it sounds like you're after some sort of replacement to the cvs approach in binary form. Right? -- Aluminium Oxide orac000@internet-mail.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html