Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:18:43 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Chris Stankevitz <cstankevitz@toyon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions Message-ID: <1BF62A37-3371-4788-B241-47A591C8666B@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4A89D4F9.9020508@toyon.com> References: <4A89BD3E.8020804@toyon.com> <d356c5630908171342m4c8469dcw6a64c5d2a5990457@mail.gmail.com> <4A89CA18.7000506@toyon.com> <A1943023-5226-47E0-AB2F-B72814260687@mac.com> <4A89D4F9.9020508@toyon.com>
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On Aug 17, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Chuck Swiger wrote: >> Ports are not branched-- there is no STABLE or CURRENT for ports. >> The same ports tree can be used on 6.x, 7.x, and 8-CURRENT. > > 1. With what is the STABLE/CURRENT tag associated? > a) "core operating system version number" > b) the ports collection > c) something else The core OS. If you install 7.2-RELEASE, and then update the OS software against 7-STABLE (which is CVS tag RELENG_7), you will get security fixes and other changes which will eventually become 7.3- RELEASE. If you just want security updates and no other changes, you'd update against RELENG_7_2 instead. >>> What are the repercussions of never updating the "core operating >>> system version number"? >> Well, you'll miss ongoing security updates and improvements to the >> system. > > 2. I thought security updates and improvements to the system would > arrive via the ports mechanism. What kinds of things are not updated > via ports? (My experience is with Gentoo where everything is > updated via portage and there is no "core operating system version > number"). In other platforms, everything is a package, and can be updated via portage, yum, etc. In the BSDs, the baseline or core OS is separate from installed ports or packages, and is updated separately from them. Regards, -- -Chuck
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