Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 23:30:44 -0500 From: "Mario Doria" <madd@tecdigital.net> To: <cjclark@alum.mit.edu>, "Wayne Lubin" <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: updating 4.2 release to 4.3 release Message-ID: <000201c11331$abed5eb0$0a00a8c0@Valk> References: <20010723033348.38144.qmail@web14706.mail.yahoo.com> <20010722212854.E419@blossom.cjclark.org>
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Try RELENG_4_3, its just like -RELEASE but with all the security fixes included. Subscribe to the relevant mailing lists and update your system as needed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: "Wayne Lubin" <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 11:28 pm Subject: Re: updating 4.2 release to 4.3 release > On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 08:33:48PM -0700, Wayne Lubin wrote: > > The documentation seems a bit confusing on this. > > Chapter 20 talks about how to update to either the > > current or stable versions. It also states that > > neither is as stable as the release version. So, if > > all I am interested in is upgrading to 4.3, and not so > > much interested in the less stable up to date > > versions, then shouldn't I be upgrading from my 4.2 > > release to 4.3 release? If so, then is the only way to > > do this to simply install 4.3 from scratch and thus > > erase all of my present config files and installed > > ports etc...? Chapter 20 does mention briefly that to > > go from release version to release version then one > > should "use the binary update mechanism". What is the > > binary mechanism and where is some documentation on > > it. > > > > A bit confused but ok :) > > You almost certainly want to update to STABLE due to a very important > security fix that occured since last RELEASE. > > The stablity of STABLE problems are usually over-hyped. When setting > up a new system, bring it up to STABLE, verify STABLE works how you > like AND THEN LEAVE IT BE UNLESS YOU NEED TO ADD A FEATURE OR SECURITY > FIX. A production system should only be upgraded when there is a > reason. Yes, STABLE breaks from time to time, but you shouldn't be > continually updating critical systems just for the heck of it. YMMV. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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