From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Sep 27 14:22:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73A3B37B409 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:22:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail14.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F2443E7B for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:22:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 8795 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2002 21:22:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail14.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 27 Sep 2002 21:22:10 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8RLM7Bv096201; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:22:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200209271629.g8RGThhk047454@nimitz.packetdesign.com> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:20:30 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: (Bruce A. Mah) Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.7-RC2/i386 now available Cc: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 27-Sep-2002 Bruce A. Mah wrote: > FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 (the second release candidate for FreeBSD 4.7) is now > available for the i386 architecture from the usual FTP sites. Both an > FTP site and a "disc 1" ISO image are available, respectively from: > > ftp:///pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.7-RC2/ > ftp:///pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.7/ > > The biggest change from 4.7-RC1 is that the ISO image has most of the > packages one would expect to see on the install CD, and that the pkg_* > utilities once again have the same functionality as in prior FreeBSD > releases. > > We invite interested users to try out this snapshot and provide > feedback (via the qa@ list) on issues to be fixed before 4.7-RELEASE, > currently scheduled for 1 October 2002. Depending on the feedback we > get (and the magnitude of any remaining bugfixes required before > release), we may do another release candidate snapshot before the > release. > > Before reporting problems, please check the QA page for this > release-in-progress, to make sure that a problem has not already been > encountered: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.7R/qa.html > > FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 for the alpha architecture is being built now and > should be available shortly. > > Many thanks to Sentex Communications for making available a fast, > well-connected i386 machine for release builds. > > Bruce A. Mah > (for the Release Engineering team) FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 for the Alpha architecture should be on mirror sites very soon. Presently there is only a mini ISO and an FTP tarball available as to my knowledge we do not have any packages available for alpha 4.7-RC2. If you had problems with kernel modules on Alpha with RC1, please try RC2. I think there are still some issues with sysctl's in kernel modules on Alpha however. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message