On Thursday 01 May 2008 13:17:03 Anselm Strauss wrote:
> The reasons why I hesitate to upgrade to 7.0-STABLE are: > > - freebsd-update won't work anymore. How do I then get informed about > security updates? Using your favorite RSS reader and subscribe to: http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories.rdf > - Can't install distributions with sysinstall anymore. Do I just > compile everything from source? Yes (to distributions, no to ports), but you have to upgrade by source to -STABLE to begin with, unless you want to go the hard way and bake a new CD/DVD. > - How do I actually update from release to stable? I have to compile > everything myself from the sources, right? As well as for any update? The handbook has an entire section for this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
