Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:37:36 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Jim Pazarena <fquest@ccstores.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About Freebsd 7.0 versus 6.3 Message-ID: <47742930.3060709@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4774219C.4010705@ccstores.com> References: <200711081455.39635.cesar@expresso.com.br> <bef9a7920711080928t76efabaaw4af6c85be7fb03a@mail.gmail.com> <4774219C.4010705@ccstores.com>
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Jim Pazarena wrote: > Aryeh Friedman wrote: >> On Nov 8, 2007 11:55 AM, Expresso Digital ISP <cesar@expresso.com.br> >> 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? They should be created (except maybe make.conf, which is empty by default). Kris
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