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Subject: Re: How to get 4.9 RC or Pre Release
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4.9-PRE is just -STABLE. Install 4.8-RELEASE, cvsup your souce (RELENG_4 is
the tag you want), do a make buildword, etc. and you will have 4.9-PRE. You
can also install the latest snapshot, but I'm not going to go into that
here.


> How would I go about getting 4.9 RC or pre release whatever it is called.
I
> have spoken to a few people who are running it and even saw a dedicated
> server business who was offering it.  It's not in the i386 ISO folder so
I'm
> assuming I can't get an ISO and it has to be cvsup'ed.  What would I name
my
> cvsup file in order to get the correct release?  If it is available in ISO
> where would I get that?  Thanks in advance for your assistance.