At 10:00 AM 4/18/2005, Steve Ames wrote: >> Perhaps. But then, all of the software that recognizes "official" releases >> and does things like download ports, etc. won't work. > >It would recognize it as 4.11.
Actually, it tends not to recognize it at all. If the string doesn't say "4.11-RELEASE", the software reports that ports, packages, etc. can't be found. Try installing packages with /stand/sysinstall on a snapshot and you'll see what I mean. Colin's "FreeBSD-update" seems to exhibit similar behavior. >> I am finding them both to be slower than 4.x, and am still encountering >> some quirky hangs and some ports that won't build. YMMV, of course. > >Always. Best we can do is help out by submitting detailed reports when we >encounter these quirky hangs and ports issues and, when skill allows, submit >patches to fix things. I do try. But while experimentation is fun and educational, I need, at all times, to have a "tried and true" version of the OS that I can roll out on new production servers. I'd really like that version to be 5.4, because I am building some AMD64 servers and would like to take advantage of the 64 bit support in 5.x. Speed matters, but stability takes priority. --Brett _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
