Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:13:51 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Will 5.4 be an "Extended Life" release? Message-ID: <20050418171351.GE39098@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050418105722.05c08490@localhost> References: <6.2.1.2.2.20050417185631.05349ee0@localhost> <200504180330.37184.danny@ricin.com> <426310A0.7060906@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050417202031.0490ad98@localhost> <4263280B.3010601@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418020749.05761298@localhost> <002b01c5442c$d4a1caf0$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418094749.057187f0@localhost> <007c01c5442f$c9a36ed0$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418105722.05c08490@localhost>
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:02:14AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote.. > At 10:00 AM 4/18/2005, Steve Ames wrote: > > >> Perhaps. But then, all of the software that recognizes "official" releases > >> and does things like download ports, etc. won't work. > > > >It would recognize it as 4.11. > > Actually, it tends not to recognize it at all. If the string doesn't > say "4.11-RELEASE", the software reports that ports, packages, etc. > can't be found. Try installing packages with /stand/sysinstall on > a snapshot and you'll see what I mean. Colin's "FreeBSD-update" seems > to exhibit similar behavior. Go to options and change that '4.11-RELEASE' into whatever you like. It will stop complaining. Whether it works to (say) tell a 4.x CD to install (say) 5.x ports is another matter :) But this way you can e.g. have a <foo>-SNAP install the packages of the preceding <foo>-RELEASE. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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