Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:12:58 +0100
From:      Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd>
To:        Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.org, Nurhermansyah eka <ekanotix99@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: ask about stable
Message-ID:  <38203F03-25A9-4B6D-B14E-ABEB057E9459@my.gd>
In-Reply-To: <8877358F-6B89-48A2-BE4D-CB0D3102A96E@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
References:  <CAJ1Uv=7ZgcEgdYJTJff0-3aGa9k9xecAtct38RQack3AkJt3Kw@mail.gmail.com> <D1558D1B-8B10-4965-92BA-C7058D376901@my.gd> <CAJ1Uv=6JjJ9yaN_-vnDQcv7-aRxp9CFvUiKCjh9hM1=oiVkEjA@mail.gmail.com> <F792A4E0-C439-4362-A0A0-776AC4614AD1@my.gd> <8877358F-6B89-48A2-BE4D-CB0D3102A96E@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> =
wrote:

> On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:29 AM, Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd> wrote:
>=20
>> Here, I think this is what you're looking for:
>>=20
>> =
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html
>>=20
>>=20
>> You should be able to move from 9.1-RELEASE to 9-STABLE with =
freebsd-update :)
>=20
>=20
> Except that the freebsd-update(8) man page includes the following:
>=20
> DESCRIPTION
>=20
>     The freebsd-update tool is used to fetch, install, and rollback =
binary
>     updates to the FreeBSD base system.  Note that updates are only =
available
>     if they are being built for the FreeBSD release and architecture =
being
>     used; in particular, the FreeBSD Security Team only builds updates =
for
>     releases shipped in binary form by the FreeBSD Release Engineering =
Team,
>     e.g., FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE and FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, but not FreeBSD
>     6.3-STABLE or FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT.
>=20
>=20
> In other words, you can't use it to track -STABLE or -CURRENT.
>=20
> Cheers,
>=20
> Paul.


Ewww epic fail on my part.

I only do source updates here hence the confusion.




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?38203F03-25A9-4B6D-B14E-ABEB057E9459>