Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:31:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Ryan Turner <freebsd@vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: release vs snap Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061330260.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980804141939.0097eaf0@pop.erols.com>
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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Ryan Turner wrote: > I have a 11.5 gig drive and only 3.0 snap is able to see all of it. I know > you should not use snap if you just want it for a bug fix, but this is the > only way not to loose 3 gigs of space. If I use 3.0 snap, will I have lots > of other problems? Snapshots are generally OK, but there may be subtle errors. The big problem is the username length change - it tends to mess up utmp when 2.x-compiled and 3.x-compiled apps screw up the format. MAke sure you update ssh and X and you should be ok. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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