Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 07:48:26 +0200 From: Nekdo Nekje <umeglic@gmail.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using 5-STABLE packages with 5.4 RELEASE Message-ID: <515659fd0505112248103f0fee@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4281DF22.7060100@dial.pipex.com> References: <515659fd050511000010098a6f@mail.gmail.com> <20050511074420.GB97896@xor.obsecurity.org> <4281DF22.7060100@dial.pipex.com>
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On 5/11/05, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > >On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 09:00:04AM +0200, Nekdo Nekje wrote: > > > > > >>My question is... Is it possible to use the latest Samba package with > >>the 5.4-RELEASE? Is it absolutely necessary to upgrade the RELEASE > >>distibution to -STABLE for that to work? Is using a package from the > >>STABLE ports tree with the RELEASE system an insane thing to do? > >> > >> > >It's mostly expected to work, although some packages are tied to a > >particular kernel version and may not work on systems other than that > >for which they were built. samba should be fine though. > > > > > I've never had a problem with a port that was related running > -RELEASE(*). The likelihood of this happening is really quite slim. > Many, many people run -RELEASE versions because they want the stability, > and because not all machines can be rebooted at whim. All these people > have tons of ports installed, which they more than likely keep up to date= . >=20 > I'm sure Kris is correct that, in theory, some port could fail on a > -RELEASE version, but it really is very unlikely. It is very much more > unlikely with something like samba which runs on many different > operating systems. In short, keep your ports up to date! (But read > /usr/ports/UPDATING). >=20 > (*) Actually, I mean RELENG whatever. Check out the handbook on using > cvsup to keep your version of FreeBSD up to date with respect to > security patches, rather than the more general fixing and improving that > goes into STABLE or CURRENT. >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html and > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html >=20 Thanks.... I will do that.... Best regards, Uros
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