From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 18 20: 9: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from CI590846-B.freebsdportal.com (ci590846-b.lxintn1.ky.home.com [24.9.218.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4385437B419 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 20:08:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jfreeze@localhost) by CI590846-B.freebsdportal.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA12969; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:18:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jfreeze@freebsdportal.com) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:18:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Freeze X-Sender: jfreeze@CI590846-B.lxintn1.ky.home.com To: Rob Andrews Cc: Mike Meyer , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I install 4.4R? In-Reply-To: <20010918214322.C27235@switchblade.cyberpunkz.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Rob Andrews wrote: > > Yes, it's worth it. At the very least, apply the security patches that > > have been made to RELENG_4_3 since it was released. > > This brings me to the other point of upgrading a system. you can in > most cases just use cvsup to upgrade the userland and kernel source > and 'make world' to rebuild the system that way. There aren't many > major configuration changes but when there are they usually make mention > of them in the release notes and other places as well. > > Just depends I would guess on how hard you want to make upgrading your > system.. :) > Well, I asked because I wanted the easiest way. :) But, since it is a new machine, I guess I really am being silly. A direct install is always easier than a makeworld. No? It looks like 4.4 is only in RC5. I would like to build the most most up-to-date system FOR a production machine. Would that be 4.4RC5 or 4.3 with the latest patches? Thanks Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message