handbook question

[mr g]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:47:17 +0200, "Manolis Kiagias"
<sonic2000gr at gmail.com> said:
> mr g wrote:
> > Why isn't part 26 included in part4? Both seem to have to do with
> > adding the latest code to freebsd. I don't get why part 26 is
> > near networking? I only say because I was hunting around and then
> > fond it with help of a friend on chat. I think it might be a good
> > idea to roll it into part 4 so all updating of programs and the
> > os are covered together. Thanks. -g
> >
> >   
> 
> Chapter 4 refers to upgrading and  ports and packages, which are third 
> party applications as fas as FreeBSD is concerned. Chapter 26 deals with 
> freebsd-update which updates the base system and portsnap which updates 
> the Ports tree (but not installed programs).
> There is currently a discussion on merging chapter 26 with "The Cutting 
> Edge" which also refers to base system upgrades. The resulting chapter 
> will also be more appropriately named (something like Updating and 
> Upgrading FreeBSD).
> 


Thank you for responding.  Merry holidays.
Freebsd is very impressive.

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