11.0-RC1 unsupported by ports?

[Mathieu Arnold]

Le 25/01/2017 à 09:47, Bernd Walter a écrit :
> 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 11.0-RC1 was superseded by 11.0-REL, so while that message is a bit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.

If you have other computers running FreeBSD, you can build /usr/obj on
the other box (using make buildworld TARGET_ARCH=foo (you may have to
check the exact incantation)) copy the /usr/obj, and only run make
installworld.


-- 
Mathieu Arnold


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