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 Posted by Understudy on Saturday September 25, @09:53AMfrom the the times they are a changing dept. The 5.x branch is heading toward STABLE read on for information on some of the differences between 4.x and 5.x The first STABLE release of 5.x will be 5.3-STABLE(most likely). You can follow the release information here http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/schedule.html. Right now the 5.3 releases are in a BETA stage. That will change quickly. On or around October, the announcement will be made officially (subject to change without much notice). Here are some things to pay attention to. 1. Upgrading from 4.x to 5.x is not recommended. Do a backup of important items and do a fresh install. 2. There is a new file system for 5.x, it is one of the big changes from 4.x. If you do a make world you won't have the new file system. FreeBSD 5.x will work but there may be issues. 3. There is no LINT. You now have NOTES. architecture independant (/usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES) and architecture dependant options (found in /usr/src/sys/arch/`uname -m`/conf/NOTES). You can create a LINT file, however it doesn't have the comments. 4. A major issue for 5.x was SMP (more than one cpu). I don't have any motherboards with this design, but for others, this will have huge implications. 5. x.org haves become the default for 5.x . Replacing XFree86 6. The installation has changed slightly. You have the ablity to configure a lot more options, especially servers. 7. The rc setups are different. Read http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8 8. There is still debate about this, my opinion, is that they will release a 4.11. You can stick with that as a possible next upgrade. After that I believe that 5.x will become the official branch for FreeBSD. My recommendation is that if you are on a serious production server, hold off, and use a similar style box to test with (if possible). If you are on a home use pc backup important information to a remote lotcation and keep an iso of your current installation. That way if you don't like it you can go back. Backups are your friend. Recommended reading: http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/pub/article.html http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/09/09/diskless_server.html http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/todo.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html /usr/src/UPDATING this lists changes and important items faster than the handbook. < | >
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