Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 03:25:48 -0700 From: tapeworm <tapeworm@insekta.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading and updating .... extremely complicated for me. Message-ID: <20020906032548.2abacaee.tapeworm@insekta.org> In-Reply-To: <20020906075159.GA10475@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20020906055902.96384.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com> <20020906075159.GA10475@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 19:51:59 +1200 Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote: > and it doesn't say anywhere that you should do a "make world". In fact > the Handbook recommends against it. If you're not comfortable with > reading the stuff in the Handbook, perhaps you shouldn't be thinking of > going with -stable. > > Going with -stable means you must be willing to read the instructions, > and the Handbook is *THE* source. If you find any parts you don't > understand, let us know. i would highly agree with this statement. until you understand more about overall system use, diving into things that could break your system like running -stable is just not a good idea. i do hope, however, that "bsd neophyte" understands that running -stable or -current is not the way to upgrade your ports and/or documentation. - erik To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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