Re: Patching / Updating / Upgrading

2009-02-03 Thread RW
On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:30:14 +0200 "DA Forsyth" wrote: > use RELEASE for a production server, STABLE on a desktop or test > machine. IMHO I'd say follow what it says in the handbook and use a release unless you have a good reason to use stable, such as support for a particular piece of hardwa

Re: Patching / Updating / Upgrading

2009-02-03 Thread Akenner
*Snipping for those who don't want to have an inbox full of my text, and out of being polite* Thanks very much! I've been thinking about setting up another FreeBSD machine so I can test both CVS and FreeBSD-update without mixing the two together which from what I hear is a bad idea, and I thin

re: Patching / Updating / Upgrading

2009-02-03 Thread DA Forsyth
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:37:14 -0500 From: Akenner Subject: Patching / Updating / Upgrading To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Hello all, > So if anyone could lend a little but in typing out what they use for > updates and how they go about it, I'd appreciate it. I

Re: Patching / Updating / Upgrading

2009-02-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Akenner wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been using this list to my advantage for a while to learn things > I can't seem to grasp, and I've gotten great amounts of help. > > I have a question in regards to the process of patching / Updating / > Upgrading I

Patching / Updating / Upgrading

2009-02-02 Thread Akenner
Hello all, I've been using this list to my advantage for a while to learn things I can't seem to grasp, and I've gotten great amounts of help. I have a question in regards to the process of patching / Updating / Upgrading I'd like a hand with. I have two machines running