From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 20 14:13:05 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D640463 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:13:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-we0-x235.google.com (mail-we0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F8136D9 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:13:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id t44so6565214wey.12 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:13:03 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer :x-gm-message-state; bh=5mKXV2NJgdFUL8JWXQBznxOBocF/hwFcb+jqnE9vFRE=; b=P4NUOHU2FxTXyCrsqsfEd/B2nUviMpI/9zGaty0dDagBqW6ccQuLH8EjZ0ftm8Vu85 N3jBS/Oi5eFWAKiDBPlkm+I6Lcca+SaKS8KqlgjKgXAT8z+l0XpapRQENYKnUr6afp45 7prGduU2TpeEszTOe7V7t1Rw8PJVoRRZfexPrHSVR8f+/MYT1ap5OtwuCaakFs0hFQFg uGd2Y+gDIN2EPgt9SmFIHu84q9dmsLYF6H/W9E9DQyhJI3aCHv1Pz9cqtkaOy5HtT4+X bW0Me2EzCKPb1ut0fKRXKGbRjDN8pwxxRvtotXRbjNU8bCR+WwPUjn54x6Y/rqnDrqP+ Szag== X-Received: by 10.180.109.82 with SMTP id hq18mr33154793wib.0.1361369583301; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:13:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from dfleuriot-at-hi-media.com ([83.167.62.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ay10sm8617426wib.3.2013.02.20.06.13.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:13:01 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: ask about stable From: Fleuriot Damien In-Reply-To: <8877358F-6B89-48A2-BE4D-CB0D3102A96E@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:12:58 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <38203F03-25A9-4B6D-B14E-ABEB057E9459@my.gd> References: <8877358F-6B89-48A2-BE4D-CB0D3102A96E@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Paul Mather X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnXCKhVKUWGgSfKjHMPlmrFClXs5PZat7r28JsnbeQYW9/mPjZI79iLiJVkguqaVP9aWyLf Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org, Nurhermansyah eka X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 20 Feb 2013 14:13:05 -0000 On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Paul Mather = wrote: > On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:29 AM, Fleuriot Damien 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.