From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 15 23:44:46 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A0FB1A5 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:44:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 562DC334 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:44:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-19-94.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.94]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s9FNiimp018920 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:44:45 -0500 Message-ID: <543F0863.60205@hiwaay.net> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:50:59 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Subject: Re: Noob question .... References: <543F041D.7030206@hiwaay.net> <20141016013646.34d542e6.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20141016013646.34d542e6.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:44:46 -0000 On 10/15/14 18:36, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:32:45 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >> As a card-carrying noob to FreeBSD, I have a question .... Recent posts >> have referred to version 9.3-STABLE of FreeBSD .... My uname output >> appears below, obviously labeled RELEASE, not STABLE .... How do I >> 'upgrade' from 9.3-RELEASE to 9.3-STABLE ? > By checking out the required source and rebuilding your > kernel and operating system. > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/current-stable.html > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/synching.html > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html > > Also see the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile which > provides a short description of the targets and the > updating procedure. > > However, you can use freebsd-update to binarily track > security changes for the -RELEASE branch, keeping your > system current. Note that -STABLE is a development branch, > and even though it's stable, there _might_ be problems > with it. The most experimental branch is -CURRENT or -HEAD > from which -STABLE is "distilled", and from that, -RELEASE > is usually being created. *Aaaaaaaaack* !!!! That clarifies an important misunderstanding for me .... I thought STABLE would be more/most stable, maybe a refinement on RELEASE .... Thx for the clarification. Also, how do I get freebsd-update to track changes ? The man page (dated July 14 2010) was a bit sparse .... I would like to know if newer stuff is available, & I couldn't see how to perhaps inquire about that w/ freebsd-update .... Thx & TIA .... > >> [wam@kabini1, ~, 3:44:36pm] 404 % uname -a; date >> FreeBSD kabini1.local 9.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE #0 r268512: Thu >> Jul 10 23:44:39 UTC 2014 >> root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >> Wed Oct 15 18:28:06 CDT 2014 >> [wam@kabini1, ~, 6:28:06pm] 405 % > That's quite current. I don't think using -STABLE improves > your situation much - except of course you need very "bleeding > edge" features which are not available for -RELEASE yet... No, I am staying well away from bleeding edges these days, especially w/ this box (daily driver), quite new hardware notwithstanding (socket AM1 Jaguar CPU & mbd, purchased last April from NewEgg on the day it was 1st released/available). Thx :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.