From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 27 19:56:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (cm-24-246-28-166.toney.mediacom.ispchannel.com [24.246.28.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E168E37B4C5 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:56:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAS3uPS48099; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:56:26 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Message-Id: <200011280356.eAS3uPS48099@grumpy.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Carles =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F3mez?= Montenegro Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: freeBSD 3.0 availability In-reply-to: Message from Carles =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F3mez?= Montenegro of "Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:25:04 +0100." <3A222870.D67F4BBB@mat.upc.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:56:25 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Carles =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?G=3DF3mez?=3D Montenegro writes: > = > Hello, > = > I am a telecommunication engineering student from UPC > (Polytechnic University ofCatalonia). I am writing this mail to you > because I would like to get the FreeBSD 3.0 version. I have been > searching for it unsuccessfully through the > ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha > directory, and also through the > ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386 directory. > It seems like the earlier Free BSD version I can get from those > directories is FreeBSD 3.4, so I would be very pleased if you could tel= l > me how can I get the 3.0 version. In all honesty, unless you need 3.0 for historical research you don't = want 3.0. The official advice of the time was that 3.0 was -CURRENT and = would always be -CURRENT, and that the -STABLE branch of FreeBSD stayed = with 2.2.8 until 3.1 came out. Remember, 3.0 was the first ELF FreeBSD. = And FreeBSD 2.2.8 came out *after* 3.0. > I would also like to ask two more questions: > = > 1) If some software runs correctly on FreeBSD 3.0, can I instal= l > it on an upgraded FreeBSD version without any problems? = Its everyone's intent that old software continue to run. Netscape Communicator for FreeBSD is still in a.out format for FreeBSD 2.2. > 2) Which is the difference between the following: > = > "3.4.-Release" > "3.4.-Stable" The -RELEASE is a snapshot of the instant the revision bumped to 3.4. The -STABLE designator is everything between -RELEASEs. The development of FreeBSD procedes on two tracks, -STABLE and -CURRENT. Everything is supposed to be done first in -CURRENT and when it proves itself is moved into -STABLE. Security fixes are generally applied to both at about the same time. I don't know what you are trying to do, but I'd try it with FreeBSD = 4.2-RELEASE or 4.2-STABLE before sweating too hard looking for 3.0. If = you really really have to have a 3.0 then once you have 4.2 running you = can use cvs to checkout a copy of the 3.0 source and have a go at = building a release. Believe on my archive shelf at work I have 2.2.8-R and 3.1.0-R as I = opted to stay with 2.2.8 rather than be on the bleeding edge with 3.0. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message