Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:56:14 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Alin-Adrian Anton <aanton@reversedhell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !? Message-ID: <20031002095614.GA12392@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3F7BEFF0.70809@reversedhell.net> References: <3F7BEFF0.70809@reversedhell.net>
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--rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:29:20PM +0300, Alin-Adrian Anton wrote: > Look what happened to me. I had a nice (cute) 4.8-STABLE. From time to=20 > time, I update it via cvsup. Ports to CURRENT, system sources to STABLE.= =20 > Last time I updated from cvsup2.freebsd.org (I tried another one closer= =20 > too, same result), and hah , after a buildworld, i had a brand new=20 > 4.9-PRERELEASE installed. I guess this might be a bug in cvsup, because= =20 > this is how my cvsup file looks: >=20 > ----------------------- > *default host=3Dcvsup10.FreeBSD.org >=20 > *default base=3D/usr > *default prefix=3D/usr > *default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_4 > #*default release=3Dcvs tag=3D. >=20 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > src-all > #ports-all > ----------------------- > Is the updating to 4.9-PRERELEASE a normal behaviour intended by the=20 > Team, or is it a bug in cvsup client make it interpret commented line=20 > "#*default release=3Dcvs tag=3D." (though I don't think that would have= =20 > 4.9-PRERELEASE as a result from 4.8-STABLE). This is entirely normal. You're tracking RELENG_4 a.k.a 4-STABLE. That started out with 'uname -r' saying 4.0-STABLE and over time, it has periodically mutated and continues to mutate into the each successive system version number -- in fact, that happens approximately every 4 months. Go look at the archives: you'll see posts saying much the same as you have at 4 month intervals right back to the inception of the 4-STABLE branch. The fact that from time to time the RELENG_4 sources may get labelled 4.9-PRERELEASE or some such is neither here nor there. It's all 4-STABLE. The name has little bearing on the actual stability of the system -- in fact, if the release process is working properly, the -PRERELEASE and -RCn and indeed the -RELEASE[*] versions should be, if anything, slightly *more* stable than the run of the mill -STABLE code. Of course, the course of software releases never does run quite that smoothly, but such is life. Cheers, Matthew [*] Which is identical to -STABLE for some vanishingly small amount of time right when the release gets cut. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/e/Y+dtESqEQa7a0RAlOqAJ4/Tg8pB410ivkAp/aZ9zhYLHTPVgCfcoMF rE20tpKHzD6XhQCs7zCRoEU= =rb4S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rwEMma7ioTxnRzrJ--
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