Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:05:16 -0800 From: Jim Pazarena <fquest@ccstores.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About Freebsd 7.0 versus 6.3 Message-ID: <4774219C.4010705@ccstores.com> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920711080928t76efabaaw4af6c85be7fb03a@mail.gmail.com> References: <200711081455.39635.cesar@expresso.com.br> <bef9a7920711080928t76efabaaw4af6c85be7fb03a@mail.gmail.com>
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Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On Nov 8, 2007 11:55 AM, Expresso Digital ISP <cesar@expresso.com.br> wrote: > >> Hi, my name is Cesar. >> >> I'd like to know what is the diference between 7.0 and 6.3 and why create a >> newest version and after old version. >> > > 6.X is the last of versions meant primarilly for single processing > machines (with some after thought payed to multiprocessing). > > 7.X is the beginning of the versions specifically designed with > multiprocessing/cores in mind > > Under the hood many things have been changed improved in 7.... the > offical recommendation is 6.3 is for people who can *NOT* upgrade to 7 > for whatever reason and everyone else should use 7... note as far most > people can tell there is no "easy" way to upgrade to 7 if you have 6 > installed so you should start with 7 > When installing a test of 7.0 B4, I found that directories which I have traditionally used (/usr/local/libexec /usr/local/include /usr/local/lib /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/man/* etc) and /etc/make.conf are not visible in a default install. Is this because the B4 is missing them, or has there been a serious change in directory & file structure?
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