From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 13 08:33:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA00969 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 08:33:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA00956 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 08:33:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA26784; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:33:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id KAA17049; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:32:33 -0500 Message-ID: <19971013103232.50324@right.PCS> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:32:32 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: David Petrou Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD SNAP version question... References: <199710130747.AAA27307@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: <199710130747.AAA27307@hub.freebsd.org>; from David Petrou on Oct 10, 1997 at 03:46:43AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Oct 10, 1997 at 03:46:43AM -0400, David Petrou wrote: > and 3.0-971012. If I go into the 10th directory, the README.TXT and > other text files refer to this directory as 2.2.5-971010-BETA. I am I believe that this has been fixed. (971012 now says "FreeBSD 3.0"). > unable to even go into the 12th directory. (I get "No such file or > directory" even though I see the directory from an 'ls'). I also believe that this has been fixed. Maybe you tried to access it while it was in the progress of being copied over? (see below) > Also, I have found lots of recent SNAPs on current.freebsd.org. I was > under the impression that snapshots were not taken this often. current.freebsd.org is a "build-server". It makes a SNAP of -current every day, which is intended to test buildability and insure that -current stays buildable. Eg: each SNAP is simply the state of -current on that particular day. "Good" and "stable" SNAPS (for some definition of "good" and "stable") are copied over to ftp.freebsd.org on an intermittent basis. > To recap, I'd like to run a 3.0 SNAP but am confused by what I found > on ftp.freebsd.org and overwhelmed by the choices on > current.freebsd.org. The 3.0 SNAPs are simply the state of -current at any given time. Since it is possible that -current may be broken/buggy at various points in time, any given SNAP may also be buggy. That's why there are several SNAPs, so you get to pick one that works you. (Q: How do you know if -current is stable at any time t? A: read the -current mailing list) If you just want a working 3.0 SNAP, the best bet is to use one from ftp.freebsd.org, rather than current.freebsd.org. -- Jonathan