Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:03:59 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: "V.I.Victor" <idmc_vivr@intgdev.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add question Message-ID: <82747676-85B0-4D43-9F4C-E4FFEC9D771C@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <W3077317127327621155130990@webmail18> References: <W3077317127327621155130990@webmail18>
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Am 09.08.2006 um 15:43 schrieb V.I.Victor: > Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from > 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? No. You might get away with putting a 6-stable package on a 6.1 system, but only if you're lucky. Packages compiled for newer releases will never* work on older releases. You need to build from ports. Stefan * There's trivial software that might work, but there is absolutly no guaranty. -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 170 346 0140
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