Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 18:18:35 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: ajtiM <lumiwa@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: before new version Message-ID: <20121103181835.bb93d5d4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201211031123.12664.lumiwa@gmail.com> References: <201211031123.12664.lumiwa@gmail.com>
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On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:23:12 -0500, ajtiM wrote: > Hi! > > Could someone explain, please why ports should be frozen before a new version > of FreeBSD came out? The idea is to make sure that RELEASE can be shipped with installation media (CD, DVD) for offline use which requires ports mostly to be tested and working in some specific state, and then the packages (those you can access on the installation media) are generated from them. It's handy for systems that do not have Internet access to install software off-line. > It happened all the time and after update (if you update or not) there are so > many ports for updating. In case for very long waiting for version 9.1 will be > thousands of them. That could probably be. Most users who have Internet access and run servers (and also home systems) will tend to update the OS beyond RELEASE and also do so with the ports collection, or alternatively also use pkg_add -r from the Latest/ directory instead of RELEASE (which _always_ contains the ports generated from the frozen ports tree). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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