From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 14 07:54:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 868E616A4CE for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:54:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756F843D46 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:54:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.196.44]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004031415541901500sfflqe>; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 15:54:19 +0000 Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 9B1ECE; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:54:18 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: "Loren M. Lang" References: <20040313080449.GJ1378@alzatex.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 14 Mar 2004 10:54:18 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20040313080449.GJ1378@alzatex.com> Message-ID: <44wu5njufp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: FreeBSD Mailing list Subject: Re: cvs tags and versions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 15:54:19 -0000 "Loren M. Lang" writes: > A couple of questions that I could find answers for in the handbook: > > 1. What are the _BP cvs tags used for in the freebsd cvs repository? "BranchPoint" -- it's a baseline for creating a set of release tags. Normally, those tags will only be of interest to release engineers. > 2. I've seen someone with a version of FreeBSD 5.2.1-p1. Is there a > minor update patch for 5.2.1, or is that just the name of current? The former. RELENG_5_2 is the tag for the patches. [The update may not be that "minor," depending on your particular needs. See the release errata.] > 3. And on a seperate note, how do I turn off the debugging code in 5.x? > The kernel has a makeoptions=-g, but it's commented out in my custom > kernel. Is there anything else to do? Will I need to completely build > world to get my system up to speed. I have a really old system I'm > using freebsd on, and the only reason I'm using 5.x is for bluetooth. See /usr/src/UPDATING