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Date:      Tue, 02 Mar 1999 18:40:16 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990302183847.00a22f00@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <19990302192729.D15210@stumpy.dannyland.org>
References:  <4.1.19990302181700.00c56d10@localhost> <4.1.19990302161355.00ad66b0@localhost> <4.1.19990302154522.03fb3730@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903021551210.19678-100000@peloton.physics.m <4.1.19990302161355.00ad66b0@localhost> <19990302184424.C15210@stumpy.dannyland.org> <4.1.19990302181700.00c56d10@localhost>

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At 07:27 PM 3/2/99 -0600, dannyman wrote:
 
>Uhhhh, no ... if you try to install something for 2.2.8, you're not going to
>get any ELFs.  That's why we have -RELEASE versions.  

True. But since the newest versions of the ports are all in ELF format,
what you'll get will be old.

Again, there ought to be a way to get the most up-to-date ports for any
RELEASE version that's up to a year old.

--Brett



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