James Hartley wrote: > Section 5.3.2 gave me the impression that -current systems could be brought > up to date simply by updating source followed by building. From what you > are saying, this was incorrect. I should always do a binary upgrade to the > latest snapshot first. I was not aware of this. Thanks for the > clarification.
>From that very section: 5.3.2 - Install or Upgrade to *closest available binary* The first step in building from source is to make sure you have the *closest available binary installed.* You are at: Old -current Goal -current: *Binary upgrade to: Latest Snapshot* then ... *(optional)* Fetch & build -current No fewer than THREE TIMES IN THAT VERY TINY SUBSECTION... How can you possibly interpret this as "Upgrading to the closest binary is optional?" Please...tell me where I went wrong... Nick. (having a very negative view of humanity at the moment...)
