First off, thanks to Kris and Mel for the previous definitive answers.
Let me see if I can summarize this correctly...
1) It's important that administrators who are taking advantage of
pre-compiled packages (like me) use packages that have been compiled for
their particular base system.
2) F
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 16:40:27 Dan Nelson wrote:
> Also, packages from the -stable directory may have
> different/conflicting dependencies compared to existing packages on
> your system. Imagine installing 6.2 before the x.org-7 update, then
> trying to "pkg_add -r" a package from the -sta
In the last episode (Sep 04), Kris Kennaway said:
> Gary Affonso wrote:
>> I'm curious, why does "pkg_add -r" point to the "release" snapshot
>> of ports by default? Is the idea that a "release" is well-tested
>> and that any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes)
>> is an unknown
Gueven Bay wrote:
I'm curious, why does "pkg_add -r" point to the "release" snapshot of
ports by default? Is the idea that a "release" is well-tested and that
any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown
that new users need to be shielded against when grabbing package
> > I'm curious, why does "pkg_add -r" point to the "release" snapshot of
> > ports by default? Is the idea that a "release" is well-tested and that
> > any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown
> > that new users need to be shielded against when grabbing packages wi
Gary Affonso wrote:
If I do, it seems to me that the absolute first thing I should do after
installing a release version would be to change where "pkg_add -r" is
sourcing packages from. Either to "current" if I like to live on the
edge or "stable" if I want to be a more conservative.
No, "st
Here's one thing I've never quite understood about FreeBSD and I was
hoping somebody could provide some enlightenment...
I've got 6.2-release installed.
By default (as you all probably know) "pkg_add -r" fetches packages from
the "release" directory:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i3
