Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:45:48 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Jason Nordwick <jnordwick@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall cannot find snapshot releases Message-ID: <4ad871310903220945v31fe058h55298edbcccd93b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C3BA420C-180E-4DEE-97C7-5C0C909B65C2@gmail.com> References: <C3BA420C-180E-4DEE-97C7-5C0C909B65C2@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Jason Nordwick <jnordwick@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm a previous FreeBSD user that used to track current and returning after a > few years. If my memory is correct, the definition of -stable, -release, and > -current seems to have changed? (but my memory sucks so excuse me if I'm > wrong). No. > > Can you no longer track -release, but instead -stable is actually more > advanced at times (more bug fixes and backports)? > You can track -RELEASE for security errata. > So I guess I would like to use -current or -stable and occasionally cvsup > the tree. I tried downloading the 200902 current and stable snapshots, and > sysinstall keeps telling me the Main site doesn't have them, so I tried > 200812 current and that doesn't work either. Is there an FTP problem this > morning? > How exactly are you trying to do this? If your answer is freebsd-update, read the manual page for freebsd-update, as it clearly states you cannot use it with -STABLE and -CURRENT. -- Glen Barber
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