Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Josh Grosse
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:33:49AM +0200, Mic J wrote: > There is offcourse the usual nagging of packages not being available instanly. That may be what I recall most clearly. :)

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Mic J
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:27:25 -0400, Josh Grosse neglected to check for typos: > > I'd written: > >> ...Every -release cycle, I see people their pre-ordered - >> release systems into production prior to release by the Project.

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Josh Grosse
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:27:25 -0400, Josh Grosse neglected to check for typos: I'd written: > ...Every -release cycle, I see people their pre-ordered - > release systems into production prior to release by the Project. I meant to type: Every -release cycle, I see people put their pre-ordered -re

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Josh Grosse
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:41:31 +0100, Peter Kay - Syllopsium wrote Trying to make sure attribution is clear, bear with this edit: I'd mentioned, in regards to -release: > >> Upgrading by compiling source is unsupported. Edd had responded: > > I don't see why that wouldn't work, just so long as y

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Edd Barrett
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Peter Kay - Syllopsium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Compiling by source is vastly slower and more involved than whacking the > install cd/disk/netboot in and telling the system to upgrade. I completely agree -- Best Regards Edd http://students.dec.bournemouth

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Peter Kay - Syllopsium
From: "Edd Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Josh Grosse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ling Xiaoheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "OpenBSD Misc Maillist" Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Newbie some problem with OpenB

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
Hello Edd, From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 12 12:10:37 2008 From: "Edd Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Josh Grosse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Josh

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Henning Brauer
* Edd Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-12 17:57]: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Upgrading by compiling source is unsupported. > > I don't see why that wouldn't work, just so long as you sysmerge. yeah, vision is limited sometimes. in this case,

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Edd Barrett
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Upgrading by compiling source is unsupported. I don't see why that wouldn't work, just so long as you sysmerge. -- Best Regards Edd http://students.dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ebarrett

Re: Newbie some problem with OpenBSD

2008-09-12 Thread Josh Grosse
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:03:00 +0800, Ling Xiaoheng wrote > Hello, > I'm newbie in the OpenBSD,I use FreeBSD before.Today I read OpenBSD > FAQ carefully and have some questions. > > In ... Keeping Things in Sync ... On this paragraph's mean,every release version > always have a new version packages