Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:24:55 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Noob question .... Message-ID: <543F72C7.6040401@qeng-ho.org> 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 16/10/2014 00:50, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > 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. Think of "stable" as in "doctors said his condition was stable". :-) -CURRENT == will break regularly. -STABLE == shouldn't break but might occasionally. -RELEASE == won't break (if your hardware is OK and you don't do something stupid).
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