From owner-freebsd-ports Thu May 7 06:18:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA12227 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Thu, 7 May 1998 06:18:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA12218 for ; Thu, 7 May 1998 06:18:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA10271; Thu, 7 May 1998 06:52:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 06:52:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@localhost To: "John R. Dodd" cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.1.5 In-Reply-To: <199805070331.XAA17621@atlas.pathcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 6 May 1998, John R. Dodd wrote: > I have an Intel based 2.1.5 August 1996 CD ROM set from Walnut Creek. I > installed it some months ago but had to to clobber the disk to install Free > SCO Openserver. > > I have another disk I can now use to install FreeBSD. I probably won't get > up to much, maybe try SAMBA, see if I can browse the Web via ppp. Perhaps > run Apache server for an intranet. > > Anyway is 2.1.5 still a reasonable port to use? 2.1.5 is very old now, 2.2.6 is the latest, and you really ought to use it, many bugfixes and new features exist. When you run into troubles with 2.1.5, the fix is going to be to upgrade to 2.2.6 anyhow. > > Thanks > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message