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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> I've looked through the handbook and can't find out just HOW to make a
> release.  Looking through /usr/src/release/Makefile got me on the right
> path, but I still can't get it to work.  Lets say, for instance, i want to
> make a release relative to /usr/RELEASE, and call it 2.2.5-BETA.  I use
> cvsup, if that matters, to update the source tree almost daily.
[.....]

Check out http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/custrel.html

It's a fine line dividing the FAQ & the handbook.

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