From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 4 01:39:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED67616A417 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 01:39:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79F7613C457 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 01:39:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IzMku-00075J-8z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:39:24 +0000 Received: from 128-193-247-224.resnet.oregonstate.edu ([128.193.247.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:39:24 +0000 Received: from Z_kline by 128-193-247-224.resnet.oregonstate.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:39:24 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Zachary Kline" Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:39:12 -0800 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <475484EE.4000004@daleco.biz> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 128-193-247-224.resnet.oregonstate.edu X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071203-0, 12/03/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Sender: news Subject: Re: Confusion about installing X and release upgrading? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:39:34 -0000 "Kevin Kinsey" wrote in message news:475484EE.4000004@daleco.biz... > Zachary Kline wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm currently using FreeBSD 6.2 release with security patches from >> Releng6-2. This is in a Qemu virtual machine, if only because I don't >> know of any other system which will let me redirect the serial port over >> a Telnet session. >> All that being said, I am slightly confused by the stuff I've read on >> the FreeBSD release process. I know that 7.0 is due to come out soon, if >> it isn't out already. Am I correct in taking from what I've read that >> 6.2 will continue to be supported for a while yet? > > 7.0 is at BETA3 right now, and 7.0-RELEASE is expected to be an > early Christmas present. > > 6.2 support is slated to end in late spring, IIRC, but since there will > be at least one more 6.X release, you should be able to run a 6.X variety > and expected to be supported through most of next year (see the Release > Engineering team's page and the Security Team's page for more details; > SecTeam should have a general EOL policy statement for number of months > after a RELEASE, etc.) > >> Also, about installing X. I've had an interest in trying to see how >> well Gnome and Orca perform in FreeBSD. Is there a cannonical way to >> install X and Gnome? I've heard from monitoring this mailing list that >> the x11/xorg metaport isn't particularly favored. Would I need a >> complete X installation for Ghome anyway? >> Thanks in advance for any advice. >> All the best, >> Zack. > > The Right Way (tm): > > 1. Update your ports tree. > > 2. As root, do this: > # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 > # make install clean Hi, This will fetch in the Xorg dependencies as well, I presume? Thanks, Zack.