From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 10:08:44 2008 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 69FE8106566B for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:08:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) Received: from mail13.tpgi.com.au (mail13.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ED578FC19 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:08:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Received: from [192.168.1.68] (123-243-239-97.static.tpgi.com.au [123.243.239.97]) by mail13.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m7AA8Dd0027381; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:08:38 +1000 From: Warren Liddell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, twhoffma@student.matnat.uio.no Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:08:14 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <489DE5B3.7070708@janh.de> <33216.80.202.85.78.1218362714.squirrel@webmail.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <33216.80.202.85.78.1218362714.squirrel@webmail.uio.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808102008.14726.shinjii@maydias.com> Cc: Jan Henrik Sylvester Subject: Re: 7-stable packages on 7.0-release system? 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: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:08:44 -0000 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.