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Date:      Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:02:22 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Joe Sotham <joe@sotham.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: cvsup'ping to 4.5-STABLE (slightl OT)
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Joe Sotham wrote:

> Anton Shcherbinin writes:
> 
>> Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 19:20:11, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>>
>>>> Yesterday I run
>>>> # cvsup -h cvsup2.freebsd.org stable-supfile
>>>> where stable-supfile contained the following:
>>>> ==================================================
>>>> *default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org
>>>> *default base=/usr
>>>> *default prefix=/usr
>>>> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4
>>>> *default delete use-rel-suffix
>>>> *default compress
>>>> src-all
>>>> ==================================================
>>>> Did   I do the right thing?
>>>
>>
>>>     yes.
>>
>>
>>>> You wrote about '4.5-stable from releng_4_5'
>>>> and I am confused now: should I use
>>>> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_5
>>>> instead of
>>>> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4
>>>> ?
>>>
>>
>>>     No. That would give you 4.5pX where X is current patch level.
>>>     IOW, if you want STABLE, go with RELENG_4
>>
>>
>> Thank  you  very  much,  Roman, for such a quick reply! Now, having been
>> ensured  by  you  that  I've  got  the  right sources (4.5-STABLE), I am
>> running 'make world'. As for cvsup, it made a great impression on me, as
>> it took me just 2 minutes 50 seconds to get 35 MBs of changes because of
>> incredible compression (my connection is not very fast at all).
>> -- 
>> Anton
>>
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> 
> 
> Why would one want 4.5-STABLE  rather than 4.5-Px?


Well, with 4.5-Px, you only have security fixes. With 4.5-stable, you 
have the latest version. In a short while, it will convert to 
4.6-beta, 4.6-release, and finally back to 4.6-stable.

Kent


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