Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast

> pfgshield-freebsd_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> - Bad press towards the 5.x series.
>
> If it doesn't mentions 5.3 explicitely, it doesn't apply.
>
>> - phk's axe broke one of my favorite ports and I didn't want to spend
>> another 6 months "fixing" it.
>
> You failed to tell which port you are talking about.
>
>> - I wanted to use XFree86-4 and building it on my own and figuring out
>> the
>> library mess later is not an option.
>
> We still have the XFree86-4 port, and AFAIK it still works (everything
> else
> is a bug). You just have to set a variable in make.conf to make it the
> default.

Isn't this and most of the rest of what you mention here always mentioned
in: /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/ports/UPDATING which, in turn, is mentioned
in many places in the (online)handbook?

>
>> - Although outdated, the downloadable java support package was available
>> for 4.x only.
>
> It should work on 5.3-release too. At least there was an effort to get it
> working, and AFAIK they succeeded.
>
>
> The next time just remember: Everything is possible, you just have to ask
> if
> you don't know how to do it yourself.
>
> Bye,
> Alexander.
>
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-Chris
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