Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 11:40:21 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Brian Smith <smitho@mantech-wva.com> Subject: Re: newbie upgrading question Message-ID: <200405261140.21489.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <FLEJKNBKECDIECDJMFGPCEGGCDAA.smitho@mantech-wva.com> References: <FLEJKNBKECDIECDJMFGPCEGGCDAA.smitho@mantech-wva.com>
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On Wednesday 26 May 2004 10:17 am, Brian Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been working with FreeBSD for about a month now, and it is my > first foray into the BSD/UNIX/Linux world. I have a question about > upgrading. I have tried several different ways to go about > upgrading, and still can't seem to get the desired results. I > started out with a 4.8 install from ftp.freebsd.org. My end goal is > to build a FreeBSD firewall machine based on 4.8-STABLE. When I put > RELENG_4_8 in my supfile, > download/recompile/etc., uname -a still shows the version at > 4.8-RELEASE. When I cvsup with RELENG_4 in my supfile, I got upgraded > to 4.10-STABLE. Is there any way to upgrade just to 4.8-STABLE? Am > I going about this the wrong way? > > Thank you all so much, > > You missed some point. RELENG_4 is no longer 4.8-stable but is 4.10-stable. It moves with the current 4.x release. If you want -stable, that is what you got. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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