Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:37:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: bmah@packetdesign.com Cc: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Development for older FreeBSD releases Message-ID: <15181.53862.769062.117188@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200107112132.f6BLWNb81831@nimitz.packetdesign.com> References: <200107112113.f6BLDgQ81686@nimitz.packetdesign.com> <nospam-994886575.58246@maxim.gbch.net> <200107112132.f6BLWNb81831@nimitz.packetdesign.com>
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> > Building a new development box from a set of 2.2.8 CDs would > > certainly be a simple and guaranteed method if that's an option > > for you. > > Unfortunately it's not guaranteed...a lot of new hardware has been > released since December 1998 (the date of 2.2.8-RELEASE). :-p Why is that important? I've got brand-new boxes running 2.2.8-R w/out any problems. Occasionally I needed to back-port an ethernet driver or fix, but otherwise things work fine. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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