From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 19 10:53:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B432316A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:53:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from razorbill.mail.pas.earthlink.net (razorbill.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7B643D1F for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:53:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from 20-74.lctv-b4.cablelynx.com ([24.204.20.74] helo=yoda.datawok.com) by razorbill.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AttIu-0003pv-00; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:53:44 -0800 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: Pedro Sam , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:54:22 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <16436.4522.353718.896339@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <200402191058.54306.p2sam@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200402191058.54306.p2sam@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200402191254.22668.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4b1663168c68a91bafa2225a10f58f56fa350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Subject: Re: New X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:53:44 -0000 On Thursday 19 February 2004 09:58 am, Pedro Sam wrote: > On Wednesday February 18 2004 20:30, Robert Huff wrote: > > Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes: > > > >Where is a good place to start? > > > > > > 5.2-RELEASE. Grab the floppies from ftp.freebsd.org > > > and install over the 'Net. > > > > If this is your first installation, go with 4.9. 5.x is still > > rated "early adopter"; while nothing's exactly broken, there are > > more likely to be surprises lurking in wait for the inexperienced. > > Just wondering... if one installed 4.9, would the system be stuck with > really outdated userland apps? or would CVSup be able to update the > userland ports, without changing the base system? > > This way, one can get an update(perhaps unstable) userland, but need not > fear the OS crashing... You can use cvsup to update the system source code, the ports, the docs, etc or any combination thereof. Remember: 1. You have the option of cvsup'ing the STABLE branch -- it's not outdated; and 2. just because you download source code doesn't mean you have to compile it. Best regards, Andrew Gould Q: How many SCO executives does it take to change a light bulb? A: Three -- one the change the light bulb and one to confuse the issue.