Re: Updating binaries without "make world"

From: Matthew X. Economou (xenophon+usenet_at_irtnog.org)
Date: 10/09/03 

Date: 08 Oct 2003 20:21:00 -0400

>>>>> "Kris" == Kris Kennaway <kkenn@rot13.obsecurity.org> writes:

    Kris> You can do a binary upgrade to 5.1-CURRENT by downloading
    Kris> the install floppies from snapshots.jp.freebsd.org and
    Kris> performing a FTP upgrade. Unfortunately I don't know of any
    Kris> sites that carry snapshots of the release branch, so you
    Kris> have to be willing to track -CURRENT with all that entails.

Thanks.

I will start tracking -CURRENT.

Best wishes,
Matthew 

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