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Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 1998 14:03:48 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Make a stable snapshot on current box?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809181352490.24443-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us>

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What is the right way, if it is even possible or advisable, to make a
-stable snapshot (release) on a -current box (very current)?

I'm attempting to do so right now, though I don't know the status of it
(the box is at home, I'm at work right now).

I checked out the latest -stable tree into /usr/src, and started doing a
'make -m /usr/src/share/mk/sys.mk buildworld' (which was looking quite
good before I left) and then it will do a 'cd release && make -m
/usr/src/share/mk/sys.mk release various_release_options'.  I figured
pointing make at the stable version of sys.mk might be a good idea,
though it may in reality be a boneheaded idea.  Any suggestions?

If possible and it succeeds, are there any gotchas I should be aware of?
(any -current-isms that might show up in the stable snapshot?)

Something I realized just after I made the most recent current world is
that the aic driver isn't in CAM yet.  Guess what I hook my CD writer
and ZIP drive up to? :-)  I'll just copy the iso image onto my Winblows
partition and use Adaptec EasyCD to write it, or something.  Anyone need
a tester for the aic driver for CAM?  :-)

-- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net
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