Hi, On 03 June 2012 AM 9:15:14 Chris Rees wrote: > On Jun 3, 2012 5:26 AM, "Erich" <erichfreebsdl...@ovitrap.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On 02 June 2012 PM 2:56:01 Chris Nehren wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 14:11:06 -0400 , Paul Mather wrote: > > > > I'm not sure what the solution is for the end user. I know I get > > > > somewhat leery of updating my ports if I see a large number of changes > > > > coming via portsnap (like the 4000+ that accompanied the recent libpng > > > > upgrade) and there is nothing new in UPDATING (which, happily wasn't > > > > the case with the libpng upgrade). Usually, I wait a while for the > > > > dust to clear and an UPDATING entry potentially to appear. > > > > > > If you're concerned about things breaking, don't follow the bleeding > > > edge. This seems to be common sense. > > > > is there a second version of the ports tree available? > > > > What is the response of the list if you want to install a new package > with you old ports tree? > > > > The response is "Don't ask for support if you do that", I'm afraid. > > No major OS I can think of allows you to mix and match like that (though I > could be wrong).
it is new to me that Microsoft asks for a Windows update when a new Office version appears at the scene. Microsoft also does not ask to update all other applications before the latest Office can be installed. Erich _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
