From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 4 21:45:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D81C916A420 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 21:45:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [216.177.243.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E7C643D45 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 21:45:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (localhost.1command.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.1command.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k24LjdMp076165 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:45:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.1command.com (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id k24Ljd6h076164 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:45:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.1command.com: www set sender to bsd@1command.com using -f Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [216.177.243.35]) by webmail.1command.com (H.R. Communications Messaging System) with HTTP; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:45:38 -0800 Message-ID: <20060304134538.vnge1r2su88o40gs@webmail.1command.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:45:38 -0800 From: Chris To: "[FBSDS]" References: <20060304113854.apmtrjgdckggo8go@webmail.1command.com> <20060304201304.GA9530@iphouse.com> In-Reply-To: <20060304201304.GA9530@iphouse.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: H.R. Communications Internet Messaging System (HCIMS) H3 (4.0.4) / FreeBSD-5.5 Subject: Re: How do I chase 5.*4* stable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:45:44 -0000 Hello and thank you for your response. Quoting Robert Joosten : > 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 > > -- Microsoft: Disc space -- the final frontier! ---------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE (SMP) MAIL04 Fri Feb 24 16:59:38 PST 2006 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////