Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:05:14 +0200 (CEST) From: "Torgeir Hoffmann" <twhoffma@student.matnat.uio.no> To: "Jan Henrik Sylvester" <me@janh.de> Cc: questions-list freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 7-stable packages on 7.0-release system? Message-ID: <33216.80.202.85.78.1218362714.squirrel@webmail.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <489DE5B3.7070708@janh.de> References: 53237.84.48.122.117.1218294399.squirrel@webmail.uio.no <489DE5B3.7070708@janh.de>
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Hi again! > > I assume that it is not advisable, but what can I expect to happen if > > I try to use packages for 7-stable on a 7.0-release system? > > No, it is not advisable. I tried: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-June/177553.html Thanks for pointing this out! > Not having newer binary packages for the latest RELEASE is a shortcoming > on FreeBSD, but you will find many references that there are simply not > enough resources. Please excuse me for branching this thread off into another loosely related question. But then, if I am to use this laptop of mine for work (nothing critical): How stable is 7-stable? Can I upgrade to 7-stable via freebsd-update? Best Regards, //Torgeir
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