[rescue] feature vs maintenance stream

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

Maybe I am wrong but I was under the impression that maintenance release
5.n = Feature Release 5.(n-1)


> On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:34:29 -0400
> > From: Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com>
> > Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: [rescue] feature vs maintenance stream
> > 
> > My Octane is on the feature stream (6.5.3), as I originally installed -
> > is there any harm in switching it to maintenance stream so that I can
> > download and install the 6.5.15 release from SGI?
> 
> OpenSSH will probably break if you compiled it yourself.  It is a -major-
> PITA to switch streams.  You'll probably spend a hour or better resolving
> software conflicts.
> 
> I think you'll be better off-looking for a set of 6.5.13 discs on eBay.
> My experiences with switching streams all resulted in enough stuff
> breaking that I had to reinstall (since you can't switch back and
> downgrade the OS all at once).
> 
> --Jonathan
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