Last Question On Which Release Is Best For Production
First of all, Thank you to those who replied to my original post about which FreeBSD Release is the most stable for a production system. I would still like to ask for clarification on one last item. Almost invariably the reply to my post asking which FreeBSD release is *the* most stable for a production environment was 4.10 is *the* best choice for a production system and that I could wait for 5.3 to become marked as STABLE in the coming months. I assume this information is taken from: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html that shows 5.2.1 and 4.10 as the two releases. My question is this: I currently run 5.1 (uname -a yields: 5.1-RELEASE-p17) and I read at the page http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html it states that 5.1 is Frozen and also states (not officially supported) - Does this mean that I am using a release that is not supported at all any longer and I should upgrade to 5.3 or will my 5.1 release still have security patches and such applied to it and eventually become production worthy. Am I just missing out on functionality by sticking with 5.1 and not moving up to 5.3? Moreover, *if* I choose to move to 5.3 (when it is ready for prime time) can I change my cvsupfile and then rebuild my kernel and world to the new 5.3 release? Thanks, Michael ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which FreeBSD For A Production System
Which release of FreeBSD is best for a production environment? I am aware of the different branches of development: CURRENT, STABLE, RELEASE and I *think* I understand the meaning of each from what I have read. Perhaps not since I am writing this question! But, what I would like to know is when I am setting up a production system, or desktop for that matter, which is considered *THE* most stable of the choices in versions. Is it in the 4.x branch, 5x etc... Where can I get clarification on this topic - any direction would be welcome. Thanks, Michael ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE / kdegraphics3 Build Failure
When I did a make install clean on the /usr/ports/x11/kde3 port it built for a quite a while then died with this error: /usr/local/include/kjs/lookup.h:96: warning: non-static const member `const char* const KJS::HashTable::sbase' in class without a constructor gmake[3]: *** [SVGColorProfileElement.lo] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/graphics/kdegraphics3/work/kdegraphics-3.3.0/ksvg/dom' gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/graphics/kdegraphics3/work/kdegraphics-3.3.0/ksvg' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/graphics/kdegraphics3/work/kdegraphics-3.3.0' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Error code 2 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/kdegraphics3. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/x11/kde3. I was told that I should replace the file /usr/include/sys/endian.h with a new one that was emailed to me by a maintainer. It seems to have worked ok but my question is this: I did a complete cvsup update just prior to building kde3 and built he kernel and world on: Aug 27 22:24:12 MDT 2004 - would not have rebuilding my kernel / cvsup fetched this new endian.h file? If not why? I hope I posted this OK - I am new to the mailing list thing. Thanks, Michael ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
