Subject: Re: NetBSD conundrums
To: Greg Earle <earle@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@awadi.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 11/24/1995 14:49:40
According to Greg Earle:
>
>(1) As far as I knew, the only way to upgrade from 1.0 to -current was to
> follow a carefully-crafted set of precise instructions often posted here
> by Alistair. Yet I continue to see postings from people saying "I did a
> `make build' and ... ". Howzat?
>
Ummm I don't know if the instructions were out of date or what but the
copy I had did have some things in the wrong order which caused me
some grief going from NetBSD 0.9 to `current. Alistair/anybody can
you send me a copy of the instructions???
>(2) I see from postings that we're at "1.1 ALPHA", but then I see things like
> "1.1 will be released by the end of the week". Uh ... guys? I coulda
> sworn that "1.1 BETA" came before "1.1 FCS" (or "1.1 final", or whatever
> you feel like calling it). What gives?
>
Hah! These dudes are so cool that they don't need no stinkin' beta :-) :-)
--
Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, AWA Defence Industries
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