Brett Glass wrote: > Actually, it tends not to recognize it at all. If the string doesn't > say "4.11-RELEASE", the software reports that ports, packages, etc. > can't be found. Try installing packages with /stand/sysinstall on > a snapshot and you'll see what I mean. Colin's "FreeBSD-update" seems > to exhibit similar behavior.
FreeBSD Update will complain if it isn't foo-RELEASE or foo-SECURITY. I added this because some people were running FreeBSD Update on -STABLE or -CURRENT systems and getting, err, unanticipated breakage. (Consider what happens when you "update" a 5.0-current system by replacing its libc.so with one from a fully security-patched 5.0-release system.) I usually choose to allow users to shoot their own feet if they want, but since I wrote FreeBSD Update primarily for the benefit of less experienced FreeBSD users I decided that some anti-foot-shooting mechanisms were a good idea. Colin Percival _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
