On 11/18/03 3:10 AM, "Thomas Lotterer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. Thanks, I appreciate the info. I have been applying them step-by-step just in case...but I noticed the package sizes were close if not the same...which led me to believe that it probably was the full package. Thanks. Frank ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
