Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 11:12:30 -0400 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Subject: Re: A little bit of help understanding CVS and cvsup Message-ID: <200705171112.30887.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <340a29540705170804r51e4d073w9da7eaf9203e85bd@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540705170804r51e4d073w9da7eaf9203e85bd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thursday 17 May 2007 11:04:06 am Andrew Falanga wrote: > Hi, > > This question probably hasn't much to do with CVS directly but using > cvsup. I want/need to update a 6.0-RELEASE system. However, this > system has some critical data on it and I'd rather not move to code > that is perhaps experimental or "bleeding-edge" technology. I see in > /usr/share/examples/cvsup several supfiles named various things. I > see from the handbook that standard-supfile applies to, what seems > like, the bleeding-edge and the stable-supfile is what I'm looking for > .. yes? > > How do I ensure I update the sources to the most current, STABLE, branch? The main difference between the examples files is the cvs tag used. The "." tag will get you 7.0-CURRENT. Very much bleeding edge, almost certainly not what you want. The "RELENG_6" tag will get you 6-STABLE. This is the branch that will eventually become 6.3-RELEASE. Everything in this branch is reasonably conservative and well-tested, but there is still some new code and features. This might be what you want. The "RELENG_6_2" tag will get you 6.2-RELEASE-pX, where X is the current patch revision level. This is 6.2-RELEASE with security and critical patches only, no new features. This is probably what you want, unless there's a feature in -STABLE that you can't live without. JN
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