On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:08:54 -0500 Chris wrote: > On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:50:08 +0400 > Boris Samorodov <b...@ipt.ru> wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:25:18 -0500 Chris wrote:
> > > Thanks - although, this seems a moot point if one sticks with > > > RELEASE (until a point release that is I suppose). > > > > Packges are build for STABLE as well: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/ > I do realize this however, if one stays with RELEASE (and not deal with > the possible (I did say possible) headaches of a changing base system) > then (as I read it from the Handbook) updating packages is moot. They > won't change until the next point release. The thing is that those packages (called FreeBSD-stable-packages) can (and imo) should be used with RELEASE either. The ports tree is always HEAD. And -stable- for packages means only that they were build after -release- packages. -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve _______________________________________________ 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"