On Thursday 19 February 2004 09:58 am, Pedro Sam wrote: > On Wednesday February 18 2004 20:30, Robert Huff wrote: > > Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes: > > > >Where is a good place to start? > > > > > > 5.2-RELEASE. Grab the floppies from ftp.freebsd.org > > > and install over the 'Net. > > > > If this is your first installation, go with 4.9. 5.x is still > > rated "early adopter"; while nothing's exactly broken, there are > > more likely to be surprises lurking in wait for the inexperienced. > > Just wondering... if one installed 4.9, would the system be stuck with > really outdated userland apps? or would CVSup be able to update the > userland ports, without changing the base system? > > This way, one can get an update(perhaps unstable) userland, but need not > fear the OS crashing...
You can use cvsup to update the system source code, the ports, the docs, etc or any combination thereof. Remember: 1. You have the option of cvsup'ing the STABLE branch -- it's not outdated; and 2. just because you download source code doesn't mean you have to compile it. Best regards, Andrew Gould Q: How many SCO executives does it take to change a light bulb? A: Three -- one the change the light bulb and one to confuse the issue. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
