Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:08:14 +1000 From: Warren Liddell <shinjii@maydias.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, twhoffma@student.matnat.uio.no Cc: Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de> Subject: Re: 7-stable packages on 7.0-release system? Message-ID: <200808102008.14726.shinjii@maydias.com> In-Reply-To: <33216.80.202.85.78.1218362714.squirrel@webmail.uio.no> References: <489DE5B3.7070708@janh.de> <33216.80.202.85.78.1218362714.squirrel@webmail.uio.no>
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On Sunday 10 August 2008 20:05:14 Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: > Hi again! > > > > I assume that it is not advisable, but what can I expect to happen if > > > I try to use packages for 7-stable on a 7.0-release system? > > > > No, it is not advisable. I tried: > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-June/177553.h= tm > >l > > Thanks for pointing this out! > > > Not having newer binary packages for the latest RELEASE is a shortcoming > > on FreeBSD, but you will find many references that there are simply not > > enough resources. > > Please excuse me for branching this thread off into another loosely > related question. But then, if I am to use this laptop of mine for work > (nothing critical): How stable is 7-stable? Can I upgrade to 7-stable via > freebsd-update? =46rom previous threads of my own asking around simlar questions, freebsd-u= pdate=20 wont do STABLE but only releases, to do stable edit your sup file to RELENG= _7=20 and go form there.
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