From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 3 22:29:04 2010 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 5BFBF1065678 for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2010 22:29:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4248FC1A for ; Thu, 3 Jun 2010 22:29:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-249-33.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.249.33]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42BE41EB4B; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 00:29:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id o53MT2ek004356; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 00:29:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 00:29:02 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Andy Hiscock Message-Id: <20100604002902.6bd0c69b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <617920.42674.qm@web26101.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <929158.22715.qm@web26105.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <125527.66409.qm@web26103.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <68898.63609.qm@web26105.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <20100603234321.06784375.freebsd@edvax.de> <617920.42674.qm@web26101.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPGRADE TO RELEASE 8.0-P3/SAMBA HELP REQUIRED X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:29:04 -0000 On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 22:15:16 +0000 (GMT), Andy Hiscock wrote: > OK now I know... Why should I have to know this in the fist place? Hey, that's no problem - I also learned about this some time AFTER is has been common. :-) > If Im just as "User" getting worrying messages about needing to > upgrade. Where did those messages come from? FreeBSD 7.2 is still supported and no problem to run. I even know a setting where somebody is using a 4.0 server for internal backups. You should consider thinking about updating more intensively. There has just been a related discussion about this topic on this list. > If I don't I am under the impression no security patches will be > available? No. FreeBSD 7 (releases) still gets patches, allthough they are called "legacy". Depending on what you're doing with your server, it may be wise to upgrade to 8 - or not - depends. > The point I'm making to the end user, shouldn't a seamless > update experience be achieved? :) Usually, it does - honestly; freebsd-update and portupgrade -af, and the show is running again. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...