Michelle Sullivan
2014-Sep-03 14:36 UTC
[HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool
Mathieu Arnold wrote:> I still don't see what you have to say about what EOL mean, it's *End Of > Life* meaning after, it is dead, and won't exist any more. > >Ahh so all those Windows XP servers are dead and don't work anymore... -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/
Mathieu Arnold
2014-Sep-03 14:56 UTC
[HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool
+--On 3 septembre 2014 16:36:29 +0200 Michelle Sullivan <michelle at sorbs.net> wrote: | Mathieu Arnold wrote: |> I still don't see what you have to say about what EOL mean, it's *End Of |> Life* meaning after, it is dead, and won't exist any more. |> |> | Ahh so all those Windows XP servers are dead and don't work anymore... Not at all, but you don't update them any more. -- Mathieu Arnold
Michelle Sullivan
2014-Sep-03 15:17 UTC
Re: [HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool
Mathieu Arnold wrote:> +--On 3 septembre 2014 16:36:29 +0200 Michelle Sullivan > <michelle@sorbs.net> wrote: > | Mathieu Arnold wrote: > |> I still don't see what you have to say about what EOL mean, it's *End Of > |> Life* meaning after, it is dead, and won't exist any more. > |> > |> > | Ahh so all those Windows XP servers are dead and don't work anymore... > > Not at all, but you don't update them any more. > >Actually you do, but it does nothing... just like freebsd-update on any EOL release... Microsoft didn't release a patch that would change the base system so you can no longer install any software... They just stopped providing updates, then later stopped providing security updates. -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"