Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:45:38 -0800 From: Chris <bsd@1command.com> To: "[FBSDS]" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do I chase 5.*4* stable? Message-ID: <20060304134538.vnge1r2su88o40gs@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <20060304201304.GA9530@iphouse.com> References: <20060304113854.apmtrjgdckggo8go@webmail.1command.com> <20060304201304.GA9530@iphouse.com>
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Hello and thank you for your response. Quoting Robert Joosten <robertj@iphouse.com>: > Hi Chris > >> I *thought* I was chasing 5-STABLE using the stable-src-supfile and >> issuing the following: >> cvsup -g -L 2 stable-src-supfile >> with these settings in place: >> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 >> *default delete use-rel-suffix >> Combined with the use of the ports-supfile >> and issuing: >> cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile && portsdb -Uu >> with these settings in place: >> *default release=cvs tag=. >> *default delete use-rel-suffix > > This is stable and correct. Use RELENG_5_4 for the latest bugfixes for > freebsd 5.4 since it's release. > > Have a look at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/introduction.html at > para. 1.7, 1.8 and 1.9 for the freebsd concept of stable and release. I > know it may seem quite strange at first, or otherwise kinda strange but > you will get used to it ;-) I've been with BSD for about 10yrs. and am working from Greg Leheys book. I'm just trying to confirm that what I *believe* I understand is *actually* correct. I've been working for *way* too many hours straight and am basically hoping that I haven't been up for *too* many hours. :) So from what I gather, I seem to be on the right track to *recreate* and more importantly; *maintain* a *stable* 5.4 system again. I've *never* ran into any trouble(s) like this with FreeBSD after all these yrs. I'm running 7 SMP servers on it and have had no less than 5 for the past 6 yrs. This is my first encounter with this type of trouble with a machine. So I got a little lax with my backups. Or I simply would have returned the entire system to a recent state - That'll teach me. :) > >> How can I chase 5.4-STABLE? Can I just use: *default release=cvs >> tag=RELENG_5_4 >> in my stable-src-supfile and ports-supfile to accomplish this? > > I recommend RELENG_5_4 for production use indeed. Agreed. Thank you again. --Chris > > Hth. > > Kind regards, > Robert Joosten > <robertj@iphouse.com> > -- Microsoft: Disc space -- the final frontier! ---------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE (SMP) MAIL04 Fri Feb 24 16:59:38 PST 2006 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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