Release 6.1 vs 6.2

2007-02-13 Thread Lloyd Martin
I have never posted a question before so hopefully this ends up in the right place. I downloaded and installed version 6.1. Everything went relatively smoothly. My system dual boots with WindowsXP. Today I downloaded and tried to install version 6.2 as a complete new standard install not an

Re: Release 6.1 vs 6.2

2007-02-13 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:04:48AM +, Lloyd Martin wrote: I have never posted a question before so hopefully this ends up in the right place. I downloaded and installed version 6.1. Everything went relatively smoothly. My system dual boots with WindowsXP. Today I downloaded and

Re: Want to install RELEASE-6.1, have 5.3 disks

2006-09-24 Thread Jason Artz
--- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 23, 2006, at 2:34 PM, Jason Artz wrote: Hello, I want to install FreeBSD 6.1 on my system, but I only have a version 5.3 CD. I can tell sysinstall to get 6.1 instead of 5.3 via FTP (under Options, Release

Re: Want to install RELEASE-6.1, have 5.3 disks

2006-09-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 02:12:24PM -0700, Jason Artz wrote: Is there a way to do a binary install instead of downloading all the new sources and compiling them as an upgrade? Sort of. You can do it by hand if you're careful (the install files -- base.aa, etc -- are just .tar.bz2 files cut up

Re: Want to install RELEASE-6.1, have 5.3 disks

2006-09-24 Thread backyard
--- Jason Artz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 23, 2006, at 2:34 PM, Jason Artz wrote: Hello, I want to install FreeBSD 6.1 on my system, but I only have a version 5.3 CD. I can tell sysinstall to get

Re: Want to install RELEASE-6.1, have 5.3 disks

2006-09-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 05:49:59PM -0700, backyard wrote: I thought if you went to the options in sysinstall and go to the part that says Release Name and it likely is going to say 5.3-RELEASE change that to 6.1-RELEASE and then do an ftp install. You should get the newer version of the

Want to install RELEASE-6.1, have 5.3 disks

2006-09-23 Thread Jason Artz
Hello, I want to install FreeBSD 6.1 on my system, but I only have a version 5.3 CD. I can tell sysinstall to get 6.1 instead of 5.3 via FTP (under Options, Release name), but I read that using an old sysinstall to install a new version is a bad idea. I cannot figure out how to obtain a new

Re: Want to install RELEASE-6.1, have 5.3 disks

2006-09-23 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Sep 23, 2006, at 2:34 PM, Jason Artz wrote: Hello, I want to install FreeBSD 6.1 on my system, but I only have a version 5.3 CD. I can tell sysinstall to get 6.1 instead of 5.3 via FTP (under Options, Release name), but I read that using an old sysinstall to install a new version is a bad

Kernel won't build: 6.1-RELEASE 6.1-STABLE

2006-07-22 Thread Kyrre Nygard
Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my kernel from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.1-STABLE. But it will not work, it fails out when dealing with umass. This is a freshly installed system. The command I issued was: make buildworld KERNCONF=SURIA # # /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/SURIA # machine i386 cpu

Re: Kernel won't build: 6.1-RELEASE 6.1-STABLE

2006-07-22 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Saturday 22 July 2006 10:49, Kyrre Nygard wrote: Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my kernel from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.1-STABLE. But it will not work, it fails out when dealing with umass. This is a freshly installed system. The command I issued was: make buildworld KERNCONF=SURIA You really

Re: Kernel won't build: 6.1-RELEASE 6.1-STABLE

2006-07-22 Thread Kyrre Nygard
At 19:27 22.07.2006, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Saturday 22 July 2006 10:49, Kyrre Nygard wrote: Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my kernel from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.1-STABLE. But it will not work, it fails out when dealing with umass. This is a freshly installed system. The command I issued

Re: release 6.1

2006-06-02 Thread Martin Tournoy
On Wed, 31 May 2006 12:49:42 -, mehmet gogebakan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i would like to install 6.1-RELEASE to my computer , configuration is: 128 MB SDRAM LG cdrom 52x 8 MB Grafic card 40 gb hd p3 800 mhz processor azza motherboard could you please tell me whether this configuration is

release 6.1

2006-05-31 Thread mehmet gogebakan
i would like to install 6.1-RELEASE to my computer , configuration is: 128 MB SDRAM LG cdrom 52x 8 MB Grafic card 40 gb hd p3 800 mhz processor azza motherboard could you please tell me whether this configuration is suitable, if not tell me the minimum configuration it should be..

Re: release 6.1

2006-05-31 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:49:42 +0300 mehmet gogebakan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 128 MB SDRAM LG cdrom 52x 8 MB Grafic card 40 gb hd p3 800 mhz processor azza motherboard she'll be right mate :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: release 6.1

2006-05-31 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 03:49:42PM +0300, mehmet gogebakan wrote: i would like to install 6.1-RELEASE to my computer , configuration is: 128 MB SDRAM LG cdrom 52x 8 MB Grafic card 40 gb hd p3 800 mhz processor azza motherboard could you please tell me whether this configuration is

Re: release 6.1

2006-05-31 Thread Jerry McAllister
i would like to install 6.1-RELEASE to my computer , configuration is: 128 MB SDRAM LG cdrom 52x 8 MB Grafic card 40 gb hd p3 800 mhz processor azza motherboard could you please tell me whether this configuration is suitable, if not tell me the minimum configuration it should

Re: release 6.1

2006-05-31 Thread jdow
From: Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 03:49:42PM +0300, mehmet gogebakan wrote: i would like to install 6.1-RELEASE to my computer , configuration is: 128 MB SDRAM LG cdrom 52x 8 MB Grafic card 40 gb hd p3 800 mhz processor azza motherboard could you please tell

Re: release 6.1

2006-05-31 Thread Mike Jeays
On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 10:43 -0700, jdow wrote: From: Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 03:49:42PM +0300, mehmet gogebakan wrote: i would like to install 6.1-RELEASE to my computer , configuration is: 128 MB SDRAM LG cdrom 52x 8 MB Grafic card 40 gb hd p3

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Alex, you would lose that bet, zlib 1.2.2 has a hole in it, it should have been replaced with 1.2.3 See the zlib website for more info. Nospam, good catch, if none of the hip-shooters here file a PR I'll get around to it the next time I get a running build off the cvs.

RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
did i ever mention i love communities! ;-) well, 1st of all, thx 2 all the people who gave it a whirl and went deeper into cvs as i would ever do (i'm definitely not a dev ;-), btw. that was my reason for asking this on the list ) 2nd, the thing alex brought up is very confusing, because it

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:18:08AM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Alex, you would lose that bet, zlib 1.2.2 has a hole in it, it should have been replaced with 1.2.3 See the zlib website for more info. Nospam, good catch, if none of the hip-shooters here file a PR

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread martinko
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:46:06PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the older packages. At least for openssl and openssh

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 08:42:44PM +0200, martinko wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:46:06PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread martinko
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 08:42:44PM +0200, martinko wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:46:06PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:07:11PM +0200, martinko wrote: and it feels they're not going to release 1.0 any time soon.. i've been seeing 0.9.something for longer than i can remember. and btw i've always thought of openssl and openssh as somehow coupled/interconnected. but openssl hasn't

RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 4:00 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components did i ever mention i love

RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-12 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:53 AM To: Alex Zbyslaw Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components So unless the fixes somehow were un

upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
hi together, during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the current versions (see examples beyond)? code-improvements and security-/functionality-fixes come to my mind

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread Bill Moran
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:55:06 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi together, during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the current

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the current versions (see examples beyond)? code-improvements and

RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the older packages. At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the older packages. At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the ports. Not

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 11), [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net said: I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the older packages. At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions

Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:46:06PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the older packages. At least for openssl and openssh you can get

RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Zbyslaw Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:25 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found

RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components

2006-04-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:55 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components hi together, during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing i really like to discuss

Undefined symbol error under 6-RELEASE, 6.1-prerelease

2006-03-23 Thread John Goodleaf
I have a 6.1-prerelease system, originally a 6-release. I had installed KDE and a few things from packages while installing the OS (a clean install) but most everything has worked. Recently, I've tried to build python IDEs from ports and they all fail. Boa-constructor yields the following: