Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 07:39:16 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RC1 packages Message-ID: <200307031439.h63EdGnD033916@bmah.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <bbnjso$tsn$1@main.gmane.org> References: <bbnjso$tsn$1@main.gmane.org>
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--==_Exmh_510800112P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, "Jesse D. Guardiani" wrote: > If I go ahead and install 5.1-RC1 now from ISO CDROM, > will I have access to packages that are newer than the > ones that come with FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE? Or will they > be the same packages as 5.0-RELEASE? Or will I not have > access to packages at all? (That was always the case > when I would CVSUP and buildworld on our servers) You probably want to be installing 5.1-RELEASE. 5.1-RC was a release candidate, and had a few bugs that were fixed in 5.1-RELEASE. > I ask because I need at LEAST XFree86 4.2.x for my laptop > display to work properly with my ATI Radeon Mobility LY > on my IBM Thinkpad A30p. And the last time I checked, I > think 5.0-RELEASE only offered XFree86 4.1.x. And I'm not > fond of compiling my x server by hand. The 5.1-RELEASE package set contains XFree86 4.3.0. The 5.0-RELEASE package set contains XFree86 4.2.1. This was mentioned in the release notes for both versions, although that was only because each version contained a more recent version of XFree86 than its predecessor. Bruce. --==_Exmh_510800112P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE/BEAU2MoxcVugUsMRAnqHAKCSQU2kiG2uf3/n3YqA4dp7iA4HQgCgkwPk KUmHiTeo/zMSmWjIyCyzc/I= =fa75 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_510800112P--
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