On 10/30/07, Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:55:29 +0000, Stefan Olsson wrote > > > I've been using snapshots quite a bit lately but am a little bit > > confused regarding the snapshot packages vs the snapshots > > themselves. At the time of writing there are i386 snapshots dated > > the 27th of October while the snapshot packages for i386 are dated > > 22nd of October. -Do they belong together or do these packages > > belong to the previous i386 snapshot? Is there any way to tell which > > snapshot-packages belong to which snapshot-build? > > Stefan, > > I'm just a user -- so I do not speak for the Project -- but to the best of > my > knowledge and experience, the snapshot packages are merely for the > convenience > of -current users. There is no guarantee of synchronicity, and you may or > may > not be able to use snapshot packages, depending on the state of /usr/lib. > >
Hi Snapshots packages may sometimes not work due to them not beeing as actual as the rest. I was tol packages get compiled every 2-3 weeks normaly. Just try the package, if it breaks use the ports. Just grad a ports snapshot same time you update the rest. Cheerz
