On 10/30/07, Josh Grosse  wrote:

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> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:55:29 +0000, Stefan Olsson wrote

>

> > I've been using snapshots quite a bit lately but am a little bit

> > confused regarding the snapshot packages vs the snapshots

> > themselves. At the time of writing there are i386 snapshots dated

> > the 27th of October while the snapshot packages for i386 are dated

> > 22nd of October. -Do they belong together or do these packages

> > belong to the previous i386 snapshot? Is there any way to tell which

> > snapshot-packages belong to which snapshot-build?

>

> Stefan,

>

> I'm just a user -- so I do not speak for the Project -- but to the best of

> my

> knowledge and experience, the snapshot packages are merely for the

> convenience

> of -current users.  There is no guarantee of synchronicity, and you may or

> may

> not be able to use snapshot packages, depending on the state of /usr/lib.

>

>

Hi
Snapshots packages may sometimes not work due to them not beeing as actual

as the rest. I was tol packages get compiled every 2-3 weeks normaly.

Just try the package, if it breaks use the ports. Just grad a ports snapshot

same time you update the rest.
Cheerz