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Date:      Mon, 5 Feb 1996 18:55:15 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        alexis@ww.net
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Making serious use of FreeBSD...
Message-ID:  <199602050825.SAA07131@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199602050704.KAA00381@unicorn.ww.net> from "Alexis Yushin" at Feb 5, 96 10:04:48 am

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Alexis Yushin stands accused of saying:
> 
> 	The primary question is a FAQ, still not solved for sure:
> ``What FreeBSD version do I run and maintain to achieve maximal
> stability?'' Actually this is what -stable for, but it is not

That's a tough one.  I'd say 'take a release and patch it until it works
for you' 8)  Not so easy, I know.

> 	Another question is just estetical and almost of ``Is it
> ok?'' kind. We spoke of -stable and -current supporting, and what
> I have done:
> 	In the /src filesystem (1G) I made the following tree:
> 		/src/FreeBSD
> 		/src/FreeBSD/current
> 		/src/FreeBSD/stable
> 		/src/FreeBSD/sup
> 
> 	The appropriate sup instances gets appropriate version into
> appropriate directories. :-) How do I have more than one version
> compiled simultaneously on one machine (one filesystem)? I could
> make current/obj and stable/obj directories but how do I tell
> each collection to compile into the appropriate places?

Not easily.  Whilst the directory structures keep out of each other's way,
a world build will still clobber your standard libraries and includes.
You really need two machines 8(

> 							alexis

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