Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 15:47:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <tim@ppp1656.on.sympatico.ca> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Staying -current with FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970928153902.299B-100000@ppp1656.on.sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <199709281709.CAA06890@word.smith.net.au>
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On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > - FTP : You can install a FreeBSD-current snapshot via FTP just like > a release version. FreeBSD-current snapshots are normally built daily > and can be downloaded from ftp://current.freebsd.org/. You can also use sysinstall to upgrade in a piecemeal fashion with the "custom" install and "custom" distributions. Of course, this puts a greater burden on the user to handle details (eg. copy /etc/ to a temp location before installing the "bin" dist) and to make sure that things are sufficiently synchronized on their own machine. -- tIM...HOEk OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
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