Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:12:58 +0100 From: Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org, Nurhermansyah eka <ekanotix99@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ask about stable Message-ID: <38203F03-25A9-4B6D-B14E-ABEB057E9459@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <8877358F-6B89-48A2-BE4D-CB0D3102A96E@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <CAJ1Uv=7ZgcEgdYJTJff0-3aGa9k9xecAtct38RQack3AkJt3Kw@mail.gmail.com> <D1558D1B-8B10-4965-92BA-C7058D376901@my.gd> <CAJ1Uv=6JjJ9yaN_-vnDQcv7-aRxp9CFvUiKCjh9hM1=oiVkEjA@mail.gmail.com> <F792A4E0-C439-4362-A0A0-776AC4614AD1@my.gd> <8877358F-6B89-48A2-BE4D-CB0D3102A96E@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> = wrote: > On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:29 AM, Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd> wrote: >=20 >> Here, I think this is what you're looking for: >>=20 >> = http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html >>=20 >>=20 >> You should be able to move from 9.1-RELEASE to 9-STABLE with = freebsd-update :) >=20 >=20 > Except that the freebsd-update(8) man page includes the following: >=20 > DESCRIPTION >=20 > The freebsd-update tool is used to fetch, install, and rollback = binary > updates to the FreeBSD base system. Note that updates are only = available > if they are being built for the FreeBSD release and architecture = being > used; in particular, the FreeBSD Security Team only builds updates = for > releases shipped in binary form by the FreeBSD Release Engineering = Team, > e.g., FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE and FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, but not FreeBSD > 6.3-STABLE or FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT. >=20 >=20 > In other words, you can't use it to track -STABLE or -CURRENT. >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Paul. Ewww epic fail on my part. I only do source updates here hence the confusion.
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