Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 01:05:05 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.5 -> 4.6 upgrade necessary? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206280100300.1814-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20020628064604.P17435-100000@small.pukruppa.de>
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On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > Subject: Re: 4.5 -> 4.6 upgrade necessary? > > Hi! > > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, John Bleichert wrote: > > I have a 4.5 system thats been purring along fine for a long time now. > > I've installed quite a bit from the base 4.5 ports and packages > > collection but nothing from outside of them. I'm thinking of updating > > this box and just for yucks I grabbed the 4.6 ISOs. > > > > Several of my ports and packages could use an upgrade (ssh, wm's, other > > stuff). Should I use the 'Upgrade' option in the 4.6 install? Or CVSup? Do > > I really have any reason to upgrade? I mean, it just continues to run like > > a top ... ;-) Perhaps I should just learn how to update my source tree? > In case you are running some kind of production machine you > should stay to your working system - as long as you are content > with it. > > If you wish to stay up-to-date with the latest ports and apps, > you should learn how to update your sources and ports to -STABLE > - works fine for me and I don't think I am a big expert. > > Regards, > > Uli. > Thanks Uli. It's a workstation I use for c, perl and Alpha Centauri, so no big danger. I think I'll just upgrade this box to STABLE. I should learn how to do that anyway! JB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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