RC1 packages
Erik H. Bakke
ebakke at trolltech.com
Thu Jul 3 00:00:28 PDT 2003
On Thursday 05 June 2003 16:27, Jesse D. Guardiani wrote:
> Quick question:
>
> If I go ahead and install 5.1-RC1 now from ISO CDROM,
> will I have access to packages that are newer than the
> ones that come with FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE? Or will they
> be the same packages as 5.0-RELEASE? Or will I not have
> access to packages at all? (That was always the case
> when I would CVSUP and buildworld on our servers)
>
You will have access to the newest ports tree through cvsup regardless of
what version of FreeBSD you are running. (As long as cvsup can run on it,
that is ;)
Just make sure you check out the head of the ports tree (The "." tag),
otherwise you will not get any ports.
> I ask because I need at LEAST XFree86 4.2.x for my laptop
> display to work properly with my ATI Radeon Mobility LY
> on my IBM Thinkpad A30p. And the last time I checked, I
> think 5.0-RELEASE only offered XFree86 4.1.x. And I'm not
> fond of compiling my x server by hand.
Once you have cvsupped to the latest ports you can just rebuild any packages
you need to upgrade through the ports system :)
Cheers
--
Erik H. Bakke
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