From owner-freebsd-current Thu Aug 5 2:49:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mbox.net96.it (mbox.net96.it [194.244.102.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49ACE154A3 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 02:49:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ccau@itsyn.it) Received: by mbox.net96.it from localhost (router,SLMail V2.6); Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:47:29 +0200 Received: by mbox.net96.it from 0 (151.4.19.5::mail daemon; unverified,SLMail V2.6); Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:47:28 +0200 Message-ID: <002801bedf27$c162f880$050aa8c0@0> Reply-To: "Corrado Cau" From: "Corrado Cau" To: Subject: Packages Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 11:48:57 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I recently downloaded and installed the most recent FreeBSD 4.0 -CURRENT, skipping the packages' download because of the size (I have the latest 3.2 CDROMs). The problem is that some packages (linux_base, in example), are missing from the 3.2 CDs and also that every time FreeBSD 4.0 complains about a previous release packages being used. I'm curios about packages compatibility, 'cause they look almost the same comparing 3.2 and 4.0 1) Can I use the 3.2 packages with FreeBSD 4.0 or am I doing a stupid thing? 2) In case I decide downloading the 4.0-current packages, how can I modify the INDEX file given I'd have to split the packages on a couple of CDs? No Rockridge extensions, please: I don't know how to use it. I don't have any internet link at home on the FreeBSD machine, so I can't simply download what I need when I need it. I have to do that beforehand, then burn a CD and fetch from it. No DOS partitions. BTW, the dependencies among packages are quite difficult to be guessed off-line :-) Thanks in advance, Corrado To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message