Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:07:28 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto sidestep sysinstall during installation Message-ID: <20090511220728.497ea7d0@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <gua0m3$fgd$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905111045470.4982@localhost> <4A07E966.60503@unsane.co.uk> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905111808560.6175@localhost> <200905112334.03387.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905111941340.6352@localhost> <gua0m3$fgd$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Mon, 11 May 2009 16:11:08 -0400 Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net> wrote: > -Stable is where newer software from -Current (HEAD) is merged > backwards. An example would be a driver bug that was fixed in > 8.0-Current would be made available in 7.2-Stable. The main purpose > for using -Stable is for when some specific problem you are having in > 7.2-Release has been fixed, and updating from -Release to -Stable is > how you go about obtaining the fix. Also bear in mind that only the base system is branched, not the ports tree. And most user-visible change takes place in ports.
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