From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 18 17:38:40 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 9E5E9106564A for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:38:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luchesar.iliev@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 202C98FC08 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzs8 with SMTP id zs8so5012284bkb.13 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:38:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent :mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gnvnVTczVmrDLhihdX0VlpGdZ1hT5whuWbMrQg+LCew=; b=QWGZd+Wln6YQLb570ZfEQUROfwAM5iT1XjGB3xqKfAlloMB99OnQ28lNko8MyT4DjL neTnoW+Hpn/I4rrTlKnuYdY0d1uK/Gg/dPlEajf3GEdbBGwfucm5YWYp9si6uN8Xwr22 Dpr4avLtrAFZtRvVAsuumuEgIzx6YkaQoNbK8= Received: by 10.204.156.141 with SMTP id x13mr4402620bkw.54.1321637917941; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:38:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from [79.124.93.41] ([79.124.93.41]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a21sm5943477fao.18.2011.11.18.09.38.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:38:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EC6981B.3060507@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:38:35 +0200 From: "Luchesar V. ILIEV" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111108 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: George Kontostanos References: <1321553970.82271.66.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <20111118105339.1CE9D1065688@hub.freebsd.org> <4EC6431F.7000806@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: undefined OpenPGP: id=9A1FEEFF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 17:38:40 -0000 On 18/11/2011 18:21, George Kontostanos wrote: > 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. If you would like to access the source tree >>>> via SVN it is "svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.0/". We still have >>>> 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 FreeBSD web site, but after seeing RC2 on the ftp.freebsd.org server, >>> I already ran csup with >>> >>> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_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) = stable/9 (svn) = 9.N-STABLE (newvers.sh, `uname -r`) >> RELENG_9_0 (cvs) = releng/9.0 (svn) = 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="9.0" >> BRANCH="PRERELEASE" >> >> If you switch to RELENG_9_0 and update your sources again, you should >> see the familiar: >> >> REVISION="9.0" >> BRANCH="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 Yes, but it's never a nice feeling to realize you've taken the wrong train only when you see it going not quite your way, isn't it? ;) Cheers, Luchesar