From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 08:11:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4711106564A for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 08:11:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amsibamsi@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48AD98FC21 for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 08:11:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amsibamsi@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 13so2136461fge.35 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 01:11:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=WLOGnpQ6xFEftQmFvml7Hh3cVfHTNJ8Fgj0oPLPys44=; b=kGfXkj7K3m2uS2yexcfUYmT6bUgbQr8egyJ9OWGZtQdUf26eQOV/n72J4tEk9EZHG7SNVXtp0I70ulG6qZ1u00yzOsSeAo2sPiO8RJAeORnN5MKkBRD922SoNt9d1H2VJvtmwmTCZBnz3Osiur10wlWNz3Z7loSR3KWO+Ko7NUc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; b=nYkwcBX8NTeI34FUF/gn5mViw00zvLIlLpESR8ZiyNdi2juoc/f1SDkSp7vyvQ5CwMTxs2TjnVOEQY73Gw8E12xkLWZIIzRDG6nh5Z2ZcGUF5LKBI1lbrIumXbgSkl4NtP0usABBNsz4tPduvWxjdiAB4Z68vHcw24iyM52lH8w= Received: by 10.86.98.10 with SMTP id v10mr339455fgb.46.1209715878825; Fri, 02 May 2008 01:11:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from trick.unibe.ch ( [130.92.65.28]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d6sm2287327fga.2.2008.05.02.01.11.17 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 02 May 2008 01:11:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Anselm Strauss To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200805011334.47200.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 10:11:16 +0200 References: <200805011334.47200.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: Mel Subject: Re: 7.0-RELEASE + newer kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 08:11:20 -0000 On May 1, 2008, at 13:34 , Mel wrote: > On Thursday 01 May 2008 13:17:03 Anselm Strauss wrote: > > >> The reasons why I hesitate to upgrade to 7.0-STABLE are: >> >> - freebsd-update won't work anymore. How do I then get informed about >> security updates? > > Using your favorite RSS reader and subscribe to: > http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories.rdf Ok, I already subscribed to the freebsd-security-notifications list, I assume that should do the same. >> - Can't install distributions with sysinstall anymore. Do I just >> compile everything from source? > > Yes (to distributions, no to ports), but you have to upgrade by source > to -STABLE to begin with, unless you want to go the hard way and > bake a new > CD/DVD. Since compiling is no problem for me, I think I will stick with the source, since you also can install parts of the source, e.g. install the manual pages afterwards. >> - How do I actually update from release to stable? I have to compile >> everything myself from the sources, right? As well as for any update? > > The handbook has an entire section for this: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html Yes, I saw that once, but forgot it again. Worked perfectly for me. > -- > Mel > > Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules > and never get to the software part. Thanks, Anselm