On Tue, Nov 18, 2003, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003, F. Even wrote: > > > I was curious, do I need to upgrade through all the patch levels, or can I > > just apply the latest patch-level. > > [...] you don't need to update through all levels, of course. You _always_ > can just take the latest one, [...] > The question raised is perfectly valid.
Other products, especially "closed source", often require users to install original plus all incremental patches or original and latest patch, cumulative patches etc. Things become more complicated when different nomenclature is used like "patch kit", "service pack" to name a few. Some differentiate between update and upgrade. Even worse, sometimes you get new features or incompatiblities. Can be quite confusing and is a science of its own. The OpenPKG model is the easiest for the user at the price of the largest possible download size. We should metion somewhere that OpenPKG UPDates - are not patches but patched complete packages - are as compatible as possible to the original package Transforming into practice: grab the latest version, build, install (OpenPKG done) and verify everthing is working (good Admin's habit), really done. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], Cable & Wireless ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
