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) Message-ID: <3CCECE1E.4030502@owt.com> References: <743669500.20020427213601@fastmail.fm> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOOEPMCOAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <20020428104538.B83112@wantadilla.lemis.com> <1411696390.20020428231738@fastmail.fm> <20020429133417.1964fb3b.nkinkade@dsl-only.com> <17231605203.20020430185204@fastmail.fm> <20020430152011.GQ325@roman.mobil.cz> <1733203656.20020430191843@fastmail.fm> <20020430152516.13166.qmail@adrastea.arcticbears.com>
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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 >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > 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 > Joe Sotham > ----------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > . > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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