Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:30:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Yifeng Xu <websoft@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux Message-ID: <20001023043028.303.qmail@web1702.mail.yahoo.com>
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Yes, I have same question, if my FreeBSD machine is not connected to Internet, how do I upgrade my machine? there just hasn't a complete package collection which both includes system and application programs. unlike Redhat, I can download a new version package and install it, no matter it's system util or application. CTM? no, I don't like it, why every time a bug fixed program should be upgraded from source code? stupid, I am a user not a computer expert, source code is meanless for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: stop here. start everywhere. <feedback@phpStop.com> To: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> Cc: Frederik Meerwaldt <frederik@freddym.org>; <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 9:11 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux > Hi all again, > > Speaking of this subject again, I have read in the archives that FreeBSD > has a method of building the whole source tree using the "make world" > command. Although this is a nice feature, but isn't too much risky to > upgrade the whole system in one shot? > > What if something breaks down after you've recompiled? Your system would > be dead. In Linux, on the contrary, there's no such feature and you'll > need to take the server anyways to upgrade it, which seems as a good way > of doing things. In the meantime, another backup server can take its > position. I guess in this fashion, Linux is better than FreeBSD... or > did I miss something here? > > /John > > > Sergey Babkin wrote: > > > > By the way, speaking of that, things in FreeBSD tend to be more > > synchronous with docs than in Linux. Also FreeBSD has much better > > backwards compatibility (though alas still not as good as commercial > > systems). In Linux the applications tend to break and require > > recompilation when the kernel is upgraded to the next > > second-digit version. > > > > -SB > > -- > Regards, > > phpStop.com http://www.phpstop.com/ > stop here. start everywhere. mailto:info@phpstop.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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