Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 22:48:07 +0200 From: Xavier de Labouret <zezaz@chez.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Tracking 4-stable rather than 4.8-stable Message-ID: <3ED12C07.4080102@chez.com>
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Hi,
I would like to follow 4-stable on my FreeBSD box, and i can't fetch
binaries from /stand/sysinstall. Can anyone help me?
Here is how i did:
1) I installed 4.8-RELEASE from CD,
2) I used cvsup to upgrade. For this i used the stable-supfile as shown
in the Handbook.
=> My OS version as shown by 'uname -a' and '/stand/sysinstall' is
"4.8-STABLE".
It looks like "4.8-STABLE" is slightly different from "4-STABLE": my
problem is, i can't install up-to-date packaged binaries with this release.
(Precision: I know i could recompile everything manually from ports,
but, as i like many gory like mozilla, gnome, openoffice... it would
take many days dedicated to recompilation on my single PC.)
So, i tried to upgrade from within '/stand/sysinstall' by FTP.
- First, it complained that it can't find the "4.8-STABLE" distribution
on my FTP source (which can be any FreeBSD server or mirror)
- So, i tried to force the Release Version in the Options menu to
4-STABLE. No more luck, same error message...
- As the error message suggested me to put "any" in the Release Version
in the Options, i tried to. The error message got different then
("unable to get packages/INDEX from selected media"). But it kept
unsuccessful.
I am a little puzzled, because i feel like i followed the instructions,
but it does not work as expected. I must have missed something. But what?
Thank you in advance for showing me what i did wrong!
Xavier de Labouret
PS: thank you for CC:ing me also, as i am not a subscriber to
freebsd-stable@freebsd.org.
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