Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:32:32 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: David Petrou <dpetrou@kinclaith.pdl.cs.cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD SNAP version question... Message-ID: <19971013103232.50324@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <199710130747.AAA27307@hub.freebsd.org>; from David Petrou on Oct 10, 1997 at 03:46:43AM -0400 References: <199710130747.AAA27307@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Oct 10, 1997 at 03:46:43AM -0400, David Petrou wrote: > and 3.0-971012. If I go into the 10th directory, the README.TXT and > other text files refer to this directory as 2.2.5-971010-BETA. I am I believe that this has been fixed. (971012 now says "FreeBSD 3.0"). > unable to even go into the 12th directory. (I get "No such file or > directory" even though I see the directory from an 'ls'). I also believe that this has been fixed. Maybe you tried to access it while it was in the progress of being copied over? (see below) > Also, I have found lots of recent SNAPs on current.freebsd.org. I was > under the impression that snapshots were not taken this often. current.freebsd.org is a "build-server". It makes a SNAP of -current every day, which is intended to test buildability and insure that -current stays buildable. Eg: each SNAP is simply the state of -current on that particular day. "Good" and "stable" SNAPS (for some definition of "good" and "stable") are copied over to ftp.freebsd.org on an intermittent basis. > To recap, I'd like to run a 3.0 SNAP but am confused by what I found > on ftp.freebsd.org and overwhelmed by the choices on > current.freebsd.org. The 3.0 SNAPs are simply the state of -current at any given time. Since it is possible that -current may be broken/buggy at various points in time, any given SNAP may also be buggy. That's why there are several SNAPs, so you get to pick one that works you. (Q: How do you know if -current is stable at any time t? A: read the -current mailing list) If you just want a working 3.0 SNAP, the best bet is to use one from ftp.freebsd.org, rather than current.freebsd.org. -- Jonathan
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