Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:07:52 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> To: "Alexander Leidinger" <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast Message-ID: <61128.216.177.243.42.1114614472.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <20050427160039.udg3gvwzi84840s4@netchild.homeip.net> References: <20050425155955.89494.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com> <20050427160039.udg3gvwzi84840s4@netchild.homeip.net>
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> pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote: > >> - Bad press towards the 5.x series. > > If it doesn't mentions 5.3 explicitely, it doesn't apply. > >> - phk's axe broke one of my favorite ports and I didn't want to spend >> another 6 months "fixing" it. > > You failed to tell which port you are talking about. > >> - I wanted to use XFree86-4 and building it on my own and figuring out >> the >> library mess later is not an option. > > We still have the XFree86-4 port, and AFAIK it still works (everything > else > is a bug). You just have to set a variable in make.conf to make it the > default. Isn't this and most of the rest of what you mention here always mentioned in: /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/ports/UPDATING which, in turn, is mentioned in many places in the (online)handbook? > >> - Although outdated, the downloadable java support package was available >> for 4.x only. > > It should work on 5.3-release too. At least there was an effort to get it > working, and AFAIK they succeeded. > > > The next time just remember: Everything is possible, you just have to ask > if > you don't know how to do it yourself. > > Bye, > Alexander. > > -- > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 > http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 > We are simple killers of people and destroyers of property. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -Chris //////////////////////////////////////////////////// If only Western Electric had found a way to offer binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today rather than DOS/Windows. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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