Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:48:00 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Khanh Cao Van <cvkhanh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable-list <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: howto update freebsd 4.7 release to 4.7 stable Message-ID: <42B81A90.9030808@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <5fd642fc050620191670837b21@mail.gmail.com> References: <5fd642fc050620191670837b21@mail.gmail.com>
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Khanh Cao Van wrote: >My custom use freeBSD 4.7 release and ask me to install JDK1.4 on it . >But when I use ports to compile JDK , the system show me a message : > >You must have a version of FreeBSD later than 4.7-STABLE February 2003 >or 5-CURRENT February 2003 to compile and use JDK 1.4.2. > >So I have to update my 4.7 release to 4.7 stable . But I do not know >how to do make it . I've looking everywhere but could not find any >clear document about it . Please help me ! > > AFAIK there is no such thing as 4.7-STABLE, just 4-STABLE and the handbook page on tags bears this out. (4-STABLE would be improvements from the *latest* 4 release which is 4.11. If you won't go to 4.8 then 4-STABLE is the stuff of your nightmares. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html says: RELENG_4 The line of development for FreeBSD-4.X, also known as FreeBSD 4-STABLE >PS : I'm not going to upgrade my kernel 4.7 to 4.8 or anything else , >just 4.7 only . Thank for reading ! > No-one here can stop you shooting yourself in the foot. The release engineering page clearly states: > FreeBSD 4.7 security fix branch (not officially supported). so I guess you are own your own. Not upgrading a critical machine to 5.X I could understand, but not upgrading from 4.7 another 4.X release I find incomprehensible. --Alex
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