Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:45:12 -0500 (EST) From: matthew <matthew@netway.com> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: Spades <spades@galaxynet.org> Subject: Re: 5.x stable cvsup Message-ID: <20040213213513.M71247@admin1.mdc.net> In-Reply-To: <200402131746.44940.kstewart@owt.com> References: <030201c3f287$ba2f61c0$fa10fea9@bryanuptrvb0jc> <200402131746.44940.kstewart@owt.com>
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Friday 13 February 2004 03:18 pm, Spades wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I got a question, my dedicated server provider has installed > > 5.1-Release and refuses to install 4.7 for me. Can I recompile to > > 5.1-STABLE using the same method as 4.7 and same 4.x-stable-supfile > > and kernel config file. > > The accepted technique is in /usr/src/UPDATING just like it is in 4.x. > There are a few things different but the buildworld, > build[install]kernel, installworld method is used on both branches. > > I think 4.7 has been EOLed, i.e., no bug fixes or security fixes. I > wouldn't want one on my local network. > I think this statement is wrong. One can cvsup 4.3 - 4.9 with RELENG_4_3 and up. Many other users still run 3.*, but most likely they do not have local user accounts and do one job very well. I do not know if all kernel security updates go into 3.* due to the amount of work involved. The services though, anyone can do that themselves. Apache has a bug, well grab the newest source and go to town. If someone is going around the internet abusing a bug in a current ftpd daemon or sshd daemon, your last worry will be a signal handling bug in the kernel. I am not promoting running older FBSD releases, just know many people do with great success. m > > > > OR do i need to use a 5,x-stable method? any idea any url > > i can find help in compiling 5.1-REL to STABLE. > > > > There isn't a 5.x-stable. You probably won't see that until 5.3-stable. > > Kent > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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