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Date:      Sat, 30 Oct 1999 11:15:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Vincent Poy <vince@venus.GAIANET.NET>
To:        Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: -current build fails
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910301114260.344-100000@venus.GAIANET.NET>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991030141059.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>

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On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Will Andrews wrote:

> On 30-Oct-99 Vincent Poy wrote:
> >       Hmmm, I can understand the build/install portion but will it boot
> > since one machine is -CURRENT from 3/99 and the other is 3.3-RELEASE.
> 
> I highly advise that you read the last month's archive of the -current mailing
> list archives: http://docs.FreeBSD.ORG/mail/archive/1999/freebsd-current/. Read
> ALL the messages.

	Actually, reading just the UPDATING file has all the info...  I
was just worried that compiling a kernel and rebooting may not boot
successfully before the make world build.

> Oh, and update your -CURRENT. A -CURRENT machine with sources from March 1999
> indicates you're not running a machine in sync with the purpose of -CURRENT.
> Use -STABLE instead.

	Well, I try to stay up to date but there are times when I am busy
so things do get behind...  I've ran -current since 1993.  There is no
real reason to use -STABLE.


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