Re: branches, updates, buildworld

2008-09-10 Thread Todor Genov
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm new to FreeBSD and I'd like to give it a try as a PostgreSQL test server on an ancient box. Since I have a lot to learn about this OS, I chose FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE. (It's the most current production-ready release now, right?). On the other hand I'd

Re: branches, updates, buildworld

2008-09-10 Thread Lister Notifies
On 9/10/08, Todor Genov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, --snip-- 1) After reading the docs I remained with the impression that sources should be updated for -current and -stable branches only. Is this correct? The STABLE and CURRENT branch are

Re: branches, updates, buildworld

2008-09-10 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Lister Notifies wrote: Nope, it's too soon for me to deal with moving targets. So, I guess I need the rock-stable version until I get familiar with the OS. I'll agree with rock-stable as it relates to FBSD; however, realize that the -STABLE tag mostly refers to the fact that the developers

Re: branches, updates, buildworld

2008-09-10 Thread Todor Genov
OK. It brings another question. For example Postgres is not a part of the base system. Will it break if i make: ## pkg_add -r postgresql83-server.tbz cvsup /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel reboot (in single mode) mergemaster

Re: branches, updates, buildworld

2008-09-10 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Wednesday 10 September 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4) Will make buildworld fail with a make.conf like this: PERL_VER=5.8.8 PERL_VERSION=5.8.8 BDECFLAGS=-march=pentium2 -mmmx -pipe -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer \ -combine -fno-strict-aliasing CFLAGS+=${BDECFLAGS}