From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 22:23:16 2007 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 C2AE916A417 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:23:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fquest@ccstores.com) Received: from mail.qcislands.net (mail.qcislands.net [209.53.238.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9F213C447 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:23:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fquest@ccstores.com) Received: from [209.53.237.85] (helo=[192.168.1.4]) by mail.qcislands.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J80qp-0006WJ-F0 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:05:15 -0800 Message-ID: <4774219C.4010705@ccstores.com> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:05:16 -0800 From: Jim Pazarena User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200711081455.39635.cesar@expresso.com.br> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-local_scan: locally submitted (85) Subject: Re: About Freebsd 7.0 versus 6.3 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: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:23:16 -0000 Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On Nov 8, 2007 11:55 AM, Expresso Digital ISP wrote: > >> Hi, my name is Cesar. >> >> I'd like to know what is the diference between 7.0 and 6.3 and why create a >> newest version and after old version. >> > > 6.X is the last of versions meant primarilly for single processing > machines (with some after thought payed to multiprocessing). > > 7.X is the beginning of the versions specifically designed with > multiprocessing/cores in mind > > Under the hood many things have been changed improved in 7.... the > offical recommendation is 6.3 is for people who can *NOT* upgrade to 7 > for whatever reason and everyone else should use 7... note as far most > people can tell there is no "easy" way to upgrade to 7 if you have 6 > installed so you should start with 7 > When installing a test of 7.0 B4, I found that directories which I have traditionally used (/usr/local/libexec /usr/local/include /usr/local/lib /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/man/* etc) and /etc/make.conf are not visible in a default install. Is this because the B4 is missing them, or has there been a serious change in directory & file structure?