From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 18 16:21:51 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209A0106566C for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:21:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF018FC0A for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:21:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iakl21 with SMTP id l21so5620926iak.13 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:21:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XMkdb6rR2s/xbHgRkO6QgsKfWoGzq4WRmXhqsJjMPzw=; b=rii1BlStihi90eFxbLu0oT+qLxNuvDBB0ve7jKqd7pZ3xGgrmdBg6o9mgXbx36MCp1 UeqOc6yYLJquBiBCM5MrkS3F6XWO9dOfGf4f332RUV+LGGb5lb/0b+lKbnmZHQnI+Uya JYjQSYenbER2ZYNHwr2WDY/n5xCQD2U7MWTSQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.50.202 with SMTP id a10mr872295ibg.39.1321633310303; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:21:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.15.7 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:21:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EC6431F.7000806@gmail.com> References: <1321553970.82271.66.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <20111118105339.1CE9D1065688@hub.freebsd.org> <4EC6431F.7000806@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:21:50 +0200 Message-ID: From: George Kontostanos To: "Luchesar V. ILIEV" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Thomas Mueller , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ken Smith Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 Available... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:21:51 -0000 On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Luchesar V. ILIEV wrote: > On 18/11/2011 12:53, Thomas Mueller wrote: >>> If you would like to use csup/cvsup mechanisms to access the source >>> tree the branch tag to use is now "RELENG_9_0", if you use "." (head) >>> you will get 10-CURRENT. =A0If you would like to access the source tree >>> via SVN it is "svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.0/". =A0We still hav= e >>> the nit that the creation of a new SVN branch winds up causing what >>> looks like a check-in of the entire tree in CVS (a side-effect of the >>> svn2cvs exporter) so "mergemaster -F" is your friend if you are using >>> csup/cvsup. >> >> About a couple days before seeing this message, or the message on the Fr= eeBSD web site, but after seeing RC2 on the ftp.freebsd.org server, >> I already ran csup with >> >> *default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_9 >> >> Am I screwed, am I OK, or do I simply have to rerun csup with RELENG_9_0= instead of RELENG_9 ? > > RELENG_9 (cvs) =3D stable/9 (svn) =3D 9.N-STABLE (newvers.sh, `uname -r`) > RELENG_9_0 (cvs) =3D releng/9.0 (svn) =3D 9.0-RELEASE (newvers.sh, uname) > > In short, if you want to use the 9.0-RELEASE (when it finally gets > ready), then you need to switch to RELENG_9_0. If you prefer using > -STABLE for your systems, then you're OK with RELENG_9. > > In case you don't know or are not quite sure about the differences > between -RELEASE and -STABLE, I'd recommend switching to RELENG_9_0. > >> Again, I can't find that file (needle in the haystack) in /usr/src tree = that shows version number such as RC2. > > This has already been answered, but just a quick note. If you've > recently updated your sources using the RELENG_9 tag, you'll most likely > see the version in newvers.sh as: > > REVISION=3D"9.0" > BRANCH=3D"PRERELEASE" > > If you switch to RELENG_9_0 and update your sources again, you should > see the familiar: > > REVISION=3D"9.0" > BRANCH=3D"RC2" > > HTH, > Luchesar > > -- > i.dea.is/luchesar > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > Correct me if I am wrong but up until 9.0 is released there isn't any practical difference between RELENG_9 & RELENG_9_0 --=20 George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.barebsd.com