Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:12:17 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Steven Susbauer" <stupendoussteve@hotmail.com> Cc: jerrymc@msu.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question: the stable edition of Freebsd Message-ID: <20081103201217.4c78a822.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <BAY122-F395345B2D0AA448DE9B812BA1D0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY122-F395345B2D0AA448DE9B812BA1D0@phx.gbl>
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On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:53:52 -0600, "Steven Susbauer" <stupendoussteve@hotmail.com> wrote: > If using a release, can he not use freebsd-update to keep current on > fixes rather than rebuilding everything? On a slow system, the more > binary the better. Of course he can, I mean, that's what freebsd-update is intended for. At least, it's very useful if you want to follow the RELEASE path and only install the various security patches, so you don't have 7-STABLE, but, for example, 7.1-RELEASE-p5. This is a situation you will usually find on servers. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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