Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 23:44:08 +0200 From: Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se To: mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> Cc: lawmay@ki.se, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newbie: STABLE vs RELEASE? Message-ID: <3cc08fa8.6e9b.0@mbox.ki.se>
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On Fri, Apr 19, 2002, Mike <mpd@rochester.rr.com> wrote: >> 1. Why are there three separate branches of precompiled applications: CURRENT >> (branches/-current/packages), STABLE (branches/4.0-stable/packages) and RELEASE >> (releases/i386/4.5-RELEASE/packages)? How do they differ? >> In particular: >> >> a. Are the CURRENT precompiled applications considered less stable than the >> STABLE ones, which are in turn less stable than the RELEASE ones? >> >> b. Were the CURRENT precompiled applications compiled against FreeBSD CURRENT? >> Likewise, were the STABLE precompiled applications compiled against FreeBSD >> STABLE, and the RELEASE applications against FreeBSD RELEASE? >This is in the first section of the FAQ. Is that right? I can't find any answers to my questions (1a)-(1b) in the first section of the FAQ or any other section of the FAQ or Handbook. As far as I can understand, all the above references discuss only the differences between the *OS* FreeBSD CURRENT, the *OS* FreeBSD STABLE, and the *OS* FreeBSD RELEASE. I can find no reference discussing why precompiled APPLICATIONS (as opposed to the OS itself) are put onto 3 separate branches. That's why I posted my questions (1a)-(1b) to freebsd-questions. I still hope that someone can answer them or point me to a reference that can. >> 5. What about compiling the kernel? Would that also take forever on my machine? >> Should I do it anyway? (E.g because a custom compiled kernel would use less >> of my meager resources than a precompiled kernel would?) If I do compile my >> own kernel, do I need to compile (some or all of) my applications as well, or >> can I continue to use precompiled applications? >This is in the handbook. Is that right? Where? I can find no advice in the handbook as to whether the performance boost of a kernal compile on a P133 with 64MB RAM might be worth the trouble that a kernel compile would entail. Nor can I find any info (in the Hanbook or FAQ) as to whether I need to compile (some or all of) my applications after a kernel compile. That's why I posted my questions (5) to freebsd-questions. I still hope someone can answer them or point me to references which can. >Please read through the FAQ and handbook. Many of the questions you ask are already answered there. Is that right? I had already spent many hours studying the Handbook, FAQ, and mailing lists, unable to find answers to my questions, before I posted them to freebsd-questions. Mike, if I've missed something in the Handbook or FAQ, please help me find it: your last post did not. But please do not insinuate that I haven't read them. And please do not tell me that the answers to my questions are there, if they're really not. Lawrence Mayer <lawmay@ki.se> Ume=E5, Sweden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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