From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 4 02:47:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA11131 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 02:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kelly.prima.ruhr.de (root@kelly.prima.ruhr.de [141.39.232.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA11104 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 02:47:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chokepnt.prima.ruhr.de (DialPPP-1-151.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.1.151]) by kelly.prima.ruhr.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA05611 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:47:23 +0200 Message-ID: <339531FA.446B9B3D@prima.ruhr.de> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 11:14:34 +0200 From: Philipp Reichmuth X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Staying stable via CTM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear Mr. "FreeBSD-questions"! ;) In the "FreeBSD-stable" section, the handbook speaks of staying stable using CTM via e-mail; in the CTM section, however, it merely states that CTM is intended to provide daily FreeBSD-current updates. My question is: (1) Can I actually obtain FreeBSD-stable (or FreeBSD-RELEASE, as I presume they're smaller because published more frequently and I don't actually need a 100% stable system) via CTM? (2) How do I do it? (which CTM mailing list, which base tree) Ah, and BTW there's a few other questions i'd like to ask: (3) I've got the Walnut Creek 2.1.7 CDROM - can I use the base delta on the 2nd CD (the one with the ports) to start off with CTM (i.e. can I still get the deltas from 2.1.7 to 2.2.x-whatever?) (4) Does it make sense? (i.e. if the base delta for 2.2.x is 30 MB and the deltas is 50 MB, it would be quite foolish and a waste of money since telephone costs aren't actually fun over here in Germany) Thanks & yours Philipp Reichmuth