On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Jason Nordwick <jnordw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm a previous FreeBSD user that used to track current and returning after a > few years. If my memory is correct, the definition of -stable, -release, and > -current seems to have changed? (but my memory sucks so excuse me if I'm > wrong).
No. > > Can you no longer track -release, but instead -stable is actually more > advanced at times (more bug fixes and backports)? > You can track -RELEASE for security errata. > So I guess I would like to use -current or -stable and occasionally cvsup > the tree. I tried downloading the 200902 current and stable snapshots, and > sysinstall keeps telling me the Main site doesn't have them, so I tried > 200812 current and that doesn't work either. Is there an FTP problem this > morning? > How exactly are you trying to do this? If your answer is freebsd-update, read the manual page for freebsd-update, as it clearly states you cannot use it with -STABLE and -CURRENT. -- Glen Barber _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
