Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 02:00:25 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Noob question .... Message-ID: <20141016020025.27547cc0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <543F0863.60205@hiwaay.net> References: <543F041D.7030206@hiwaay.net> <20141016013646.34d542e6.freebsd@edvax.de> <543F0863.60205@hiwaay.net>
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:50:59 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > *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. The name -STABLE is to be understood as "more stable than -CURRENT", because when you check out the development branch, it _might_ happen that it misbehaves or that it won't even compile; it can also happen that an experimental feature in -CURRENT is being removed later on. > 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 .... There isn't much work to do: freebsd-update does it out of the box. Just keep in mind that you can only use it to track -RELEASE, either follow the -RELEASE branch and add security updates, or increase the -RELEASE version number. Dealing with a custom kernel is also possible, but as few "custom additions" you have, the happier freebsd-update will be. :-) https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html See 24.2.3. for details about program invocation. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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