From owner-freebsd-current Tue May 19 13:50:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA10483 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 13:50:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA10471 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 13:50:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13745; Tue, 19 May 1998 13:50:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) To: joelh@gnu.org cc: jahan@pc.jaring.my, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Undefined symbol "___error" In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 May 1998 13:09:55 CDT." <199805191809.NAA08275@detlev.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 13:50:34 -0700 Message-ID: <13741.895611034@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I thought that was the idea behind -stable? Only for those who have the know-how to track and update a Unix OS from sources and who also possess enough skill to return themselves to sanity if and when a source-based upgrade doesn't work. A novice might pull it off once or twice out of luck, but it's really just a monkey pushing buttons in a spacecraft at that point - it may be orbiting the earth but it's still not an astronaut. :-) People sometimes forget that -stable and -current are made available as a service primarily to *software engineers* and others who have no difficulty with the idea of getting directly involved with building binaries from sources, they're not at all aimed at or intended for the casual user/Unix novice and it's for that latter audience that we produce our regular releases. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message