Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 23:21:06 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating 4.2 release to 4.3 release Message-ID: <01072223210608.00379@mark9.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <20010723033348.38144.qmail@web14706.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20010723033348.38144.qmail@web14706.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sunday 22 July 2001 22:33, 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 :) > > Wayne > Just a second of background before you get your answer. -STABLE is a branch of FreeBSD that is designed for production machines. A -RELEASE is nothing more than a snapshot of -STABLE from a certain date. -CURRENT is the development branch of FreeBSD, and that is totally experimental. It is fairly common for -CURRENT to not even compile, let alone be usable. You should upgrade from 4.2-RELEASE to 4.3-STABLE. That will get you all of the latest bugfixes and so forth. You can upgrade from 4.2-RELEASE to 4.3-RELEASE without reinstalling, but I can't think of any reason why you would want to do that. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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