Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 12:36:36 -0400 From: "Justin R. Miller" <incanus@codesorcery.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: two questions regarding updates Message-ID: <20020418163636.GA14865@mithrandir.codesorcery.net>
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First off, by all means, if this is documented someplace specifically,
please let me know and I apologize in advance. As a new user, I am very
impressed with the quality of FreeBSD documentation as well as the
mailing list adherance to relevant topics of conversation, without "all
the crap" that I've seen on many other lists, and I'd like to help keep
things that way.
That being said, I hope someone can clarify something for me. I'm
currently running 4.5-RELEASE, and as I understand it (and have been
told on IRC), RELEASE is merely a snapshot of a point in time in the
life of STABLE.
I have gotten the hang of cvsup to update my sources. I have also
learned (as it was somewhat unclear in the Handbook) that I can 'make
buildworld' on a RELEASE install and don't need to be tracking STABLE or
CURRENT to do this. This wasn't very clear in the Handbook.
I have two questions that are somewhat related. Firstly, can I upgrade
the system in a "binary way", i.e. without having to 'make buildworld'
and install. Is there a way to keep track of and apply updates to
*packages* as opposed to *ports*.
Second, in security bulletins I have seen mention of such releases as
4.5-RELEASE-p3. Where can I find more information about this? Are
these releases "official" (i.e. meant for Joe User) or are they other
points in STABLE?
My goal here (at least for now) is to run an updated RELEASE until I get
the hang of things enough to track STABLE.
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[!] Justin R. Miller <incanus@codesorcery.net>
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