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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

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