Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:34:38 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Noob question .... Message-ID: <543FBB5E.5050904@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <543F72C7.6040401@qeng-ho.org> References: <543F041D.7030206@hiwaay.net> <20141016013646.34d542e6.freebsd@edvax.de> <543F0863.60205@hiwaay.net> <543F72C7.6040401@qeng-ho.org>
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On 10/16/14 02:24, Arthur Chance wrote: > 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). > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thx, good description, I think I have it straight now :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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