Daniel O'Connor wrote: >On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:02, Jo Rhett wrote: > > >>On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 11:26:44AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: >> >> >>>How do you expect these two to be handled in a binary upgrade? >>>I can't see how it's possible.. >>> >>> >>Look around. Every major commercial OS does it just fine. Most of the >>open source OSes do it just fine. Debian had probably the easiest to use >>system, and they've risen, owned the world and fallen all while FreeBSD has >>been debating this issue. >> >> > >You appear to be misunderstanding what I said. > >I'm not arguing binary upgrades shouldn't be done but I'm suggesting that it >isn't NECESSARY to version and package the base install to do it. > > > >>>I don't think integrating it with the core OS (whatever that means) will >>>magically fix this. >>> >>> >>If you knew what it meant, you would understand why it would help. >> >> > >Ah what a great explanation of what is meant. >There are several people who don't know what is meant here and I haven't seen >a decent explanation forthcoming. > > > I think what "integrated with the core OS" means from a user standpoint is: from a fresh minimum install of freebsd I can type "freebsd-update-whatever" and it will update my system.Received on Thu Jan 05 2006 - 17:28:34 UTC
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