Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 07:05:38 -0500 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@freebsd.org> Cc: Stevan Tiefert <stevan_tiefert@yahoo.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is 6.2-RELEASE/packages/Latest/ not latest enough? Message-ID: <4639D012.80006@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420705030428j39b88882wd6964ffe693bd3bf@mail.gmail.com> References: <1178183489.833.9.camel@vagabund.w33> <cb5206420705030428j39b88882wd6964ffe693bd3bf@mail.gmail.com>
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Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > On 5/3/07, Stevan Tiefert <stevan_tiefert@yahoo.de> wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> I have installed via pkg_add -r various packages for my 6.2-RELEASE. I >> have recognized that on this way I will not get always the newest >> package. > > You only get the packages compiled during the release > process. Newer packages are only built for 6-stable and > 7-current. The hard truth is that we don't have enough > human/hardware resources to keep 6.2 packages up-to-date. While the above may indeed be true - if you really feel the need to have the latest and greatest - that's 1/2 of what the ports and the upgrade tools that are given to you to are for. These same tools do allow you to create packages for your own needs. -- Best regards, Chris Use extra care when cleaning on stairs.
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