Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:51:20 +0300 From: DerAlSem <DerAlSem@inbox.ru> To: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: 5.2.1 RC? Message-ID: <83273932.20040217165120@inbox.ru> In-Reply-To: <403112B4.1080801@nbritton.org> References: <9810709762.20040215031601@inbox.ru> <40305B6B.9030608@nbritton.org> <995841125.20040216154554@inbox.ru> <403112B4.1080801@nbritton.org>
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Hello Nikolas, Monday, February 16, 2004, 9:57:56 PM, you wrote: NB> DerAlSem wrote: >>Hello Nikolas, >> >>Monday, February 16, 2004, 8:55:55 AM, you wrote: >> >>NB> DerAlSem wrote: >> >> >> >>>>Hello freebsd-newbies, >>>> >>>> I want latest release of FreeBSD. >>>> 5.2.1-RC2-i386-disc1.iso - RC2 stands for Release Candidate 2? Does >>>> anyone knows, when it'll become Master? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>NB> FreeBSD 5.2.1 will be release in a week or two. 5.2.1 is being released >>NB> because of some bugs in 5.2 that went unnoticed. Because it's based on >>NB> 5.2 code and not the the current cvs head you should be able to safely >>NB> use the RC now and just CVSup to 5.2.1 when released. >> >>Hm, i'n using 5.1 now... Just few net-servers (ftp,www,irc, and home >>NAT). And as a newbie, a don't know about CVS... man cvs, am i right? >> NB> not the man pages, read the following from the FreeBSD Handbook, after NB> read you should be able to use CVSup, upgrade the whole system (tracking NB> current or stable), install/upgrade ports, and install/update Kernels NB> and no you don't have to know everything by heart, skim through all if NB> it then bookmark/print/makenotes of the key info. Start with the ports NB> system, then the kernel, and then building world. NB> Appendix A.5 Using CVSup: NB> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html NB> Chapter 21 The Cutting Edge: NB> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html NB> Chapter 9 Configuring the FreeBSD Kernels: NB> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html NB> Chapter 4 Installing Applications: Packages and Ports: NB> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html >> >>NB> BTW: FreeBSD 4.9 is the lastest "Production" Release. The 5.0, 5.1, and >>NB> 5.2.x releases are still considered beta. >> >>But 5.0 and 5.1 and 5.2 as far as i know is in "RELEASE" status. I >>thought, it's mean, that i can use them, and they are free of bugs and >>security holes. >> NB> Yes you can use it and it should work perfect for you, but the code is NB> untested. So 4.9 is still recommended for mission critical deployments. So, if i do not need "mission critical deployments" and want to be most up to date, i can use latest "release" without any problems? And i still do not understand. How can it be - "release" status, but code untested? NB> Read this, It explains a lot of thing about the *BSDs: NB> http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php And again - thanks for info. -- Best regards, DerAlSem mailto:DerAlSem@inbox.ru
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