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Date:      Wed, 5 Jun 2002 21:33:08 +0200
From:      Alex <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl>
To:        Richard Fairfield <rcf@ms.washington.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re[2]: make installworld fails
Message-ID:  <1096587482.20020605213308@dds.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.33.0206041833330.216245-100000@entropy.ms.washington.edu>
References:   <Pine.OSF.4.33.0206041833330.216245-100000@entropy.ms.washington.edu>

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Hello Richard,

Wednesday, June 05, 2002, 3:45:08 AM, you wrote:



>> >
>> > Here are the contents of /etc/cvsupfile :
>> >
>> >     *default  host=cvsup8.FreeBSD.org
>> >     *default  base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
>> >     *default  prefix=/usr
>> >     *default  release=cvs
>> >     *default  tag=RELENG_4_4
>>
>> That's the security branch for 4.4-RELEASE and not 4.5-RELEASE.
>>
>> Oops :)
>>
>> Giorgos.
>>

RF> Oops it right! The string above string "RELENG_4_4" is a typo. I'm
RF> not sure how it got in there. What I meant to have there is "RELENG_4",
RF> which is what I originally had on a different system after running cvsupit.

RF> But I'm confused about whether I want the tag string to be RELENG_4 or
RF> RELENG_4_5. I've read the cvsup section in the handbook, and the cvsup
RF> sections in FreeBSD Released and The Complete FreeBSD, but I don't
RF> get it. Can someone explain the difference to me???

I one thought that it would be easy to use RELENG_4 so i automatically
get the next version when it was releaser. This also resulted in
getting new code for my IDE hard drive. The new code is a bit buggy
and can't be used in my case. It resulting in not being able to mount
my disks. Using RELENG_4_x gives you more stability.

-- 
Best regards,
Alex


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