11.0-RC1 unsupported by ports?

[Bernd Walter]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 09:13:18AM +0100, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > 11.0-RC1 was superseded by 11.0-REL, so while that message is a bit
> > > drastic, there's a point to it.
> > 
> > With that argument only the latest version would be supported.
> 
> https://www.freebsd.org/releases/ lists the supported releases.
> There are no release candidates listed.
>
> > That said, it is a release candidate and as such one could argue that
> > there never had been any official support at all.
> > In that case however the message is wrong, because when a support has
> > ended it implies that there was support.
> > 
> > The check in the code is this one:
> > .if (${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && (${OSVERSION} < 1003000 || (${OSVERSION} >= 1100000 && ${OSVERSION} < 1100122))) || \
> >     (${OPSYS} == DragonFly && ${DFLYVERSION} < 400400)
> > 
> > It is not about RC as such, it is explicitly about 11.0-RC.
> > My OSVERSION is 1100121.
> > So obviously support starts with the first release.
> > Fair enough, but then the message is still wrong unless it was supported.
> 
> What's stopping you from upgrading to -REL ?

Buildworld on a raspberry isn't fun - if it works at all.
Even if you crossbuild and just copy the binaries, the wear of
MicroSD cards isn't something you want to test unless you really
have to.

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