Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:45:07 +0200 From: Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de> To: Torgeir Hoffmann <twhoffma@student.matnat.uio.no> Cc: questions-list freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 7-stable packages on 7.0-release system? Message-ID: <489DE5B3.7070708@janh.de> References: 53237.84.48.122.117.1218294399.squirrel@webmail.uio.no
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Torgeir wrote: > I assume that it is not advisable, but what can I expect to happen if > I try to use packages for 7-stable on a 7.0-release system? No, it is not advisable. I tried: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-June/177553.html As I said two weeks ago, that failure was predictable and the few offenders could be found, but I had another weird problem that could only be solved with recompile: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-July/179517.html For the opposite, using packages from an earlier point, compatibility is usually preserved, but not always, either: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-July/043950.html Not having newer binary packages for the latest RELEASE is a shortcoming on FreeBSD, but you will find many references that there are simply not enough resources. Cheers, Jan Henrik
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