> From: f...@brightstar.bomgardner.net > To: ch...@monochrome.org; cho...@charter.net > Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:45:11 -0600 > CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Portsnap vs CSup > > On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:50:48 -0400 (EDT), Chris Hill wrote > > On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Charles Howse wrote: > > > > > On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Adam Vandemore wrote: > > > > > > I just noticed the description in the man page for freebsd-update: > > > > > > ..."Note that updates are only available if they are being built for > > > the FreeBSD release and architecture being used; in particular, the > > > FreeBSD Security Team only builds updates for releases shipped in > > > binary form by the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team, e.g., FreeBSD > > > 6.1-RELEASE and FreeBSD 6.2-RC1, but not FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE or FreeBSD > > > 7.0-CURRENT." > > > Is this saying that I can't get a binary upgrade for 6.4-STABLE? > > > > That is exactly what it's saying. > > > > > (You would not believe how long the make world process takes on a > Pentium > > > 200!!) > > > > I believe it; been there! I seem to recall it went something like > > 'start the buildworld and go to bed'. > > > > -- > > Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org > > ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] > > _______________________________________________ > > Rhink that's bad? I've been trying to build KDE4 on a toshiba satellite > laptop for over a week now. > > IHN, > Gene >
compiling the kernel on that could take several days by itself let alone compiling X and then a thick GUI like KDE or GNOME. amazing that a 100MHz system with 48 megs of ram can still run so fast if you build it right. -Sean _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
