From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Apr 4 13:35:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54CD937B7FF for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 13:35:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA63743; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:19:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nik) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:19:11 +0100 From: Nik Clayton To: David Murphy Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world failed Message-ID: <20000404171911.A60317@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> References: <20000404001130.A83840@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie> <00040400022200.20912@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> <03d301bf9de6$4f694080$0200000a@dinternet.dyn.ml.org> <20000404105255.A4751@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000404105255.A4751@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie>; from drjolt@redbrick.dcu.ie on Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 10:52:55AM +0000 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 10:52:55AM +0000, David Murphy wrote: > Isn't it obvious? It could be made more clear by saying: > > "those who wish to use -stable / -current (ie upgrade via source) MUST > read the -stable and -current mailing lists. upgrading from source is > not advised for newbies or people that are not willing to put in the > time to read [or at least skim] the mailing list" > > Which clearly implies that one needs to read the last 6 months worth > of the -stable/-current mailing list archives. Please go to http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/makeworld.html If you think it needs it, please submit a patch that makes the warnings in that section clearer. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message