On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>
> > > Q: I want to use this cool piece of software that's in the FreeBSD
> > > ports system. But I can't build it on my 3.x-stable system.
> > >
> > > Why not?
> >
> > A. Likely because someone running only on a -current box last committed
> > a change to the port which broke it with 3.x. Please submit a bug
> > report on this with send-pr since the -current ports collection is supposed
> > to work with both the -current and -stable branches. If you're running a
> > release version that lags significantly behind -current or -stable, you
> > will require a ports upgrade kit from http://www.freebsd.org/ports
>
> Does someone plan to add this question and the other one about the dangers
> of -current to the FAQ? I think they are both well-answered.
Does the letter someone sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] have all this info, or do
I need to rewrite it?
I'll commit it once I have the correct info. :)
Doug White
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