From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 19 10:32:29 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 F08CE106564A for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:32:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6727@bellsouth.net) Received: from fmailhost03.isp.att.net (fmailhost03.isp.att.net [207.115.11.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E05188FC13 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:32:29 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:29:38 +0000 (GMT) X-Comment: Sending client does not conform to RFC822 minimum requirements X-Comment: Date has been added by Maillennium Received: from localhost (adsl-68-18-111-140.sdf.bellsouth.net[68.18.111.140]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc03) with SMTP id <20111119102937H03005rl4le>; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:29:38 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [68.18.111.140] From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4EC6411A.2030703@infracaninophile.co.uk> Message-Id: <20111119103229.F08CE106564A@hub.freebsd.org> 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: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:32:30 -0000 > On 18/11/2011 10:53, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > *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 ? > Not screwed, but you'll be running 9.0-PRERELEASE rather than 9.0-RC2. > If you want to switch to the 9.0-RELEASE branch, change the tag to > RELENG_9_0 and cvsup again. Then redo the whole buildworld dance. > Cheers, > Matthew > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Good to know I'm not screwed, that I can recover simply by rerunning csup, this time with RELENG_9_0 instead of RELENG_9. But I hadn't got to making buildworld yet on this update. Possibly there may be no serious difference between 9.0-PRERELEASE and 9.0-RC2 at this stage. As for the difference between STABLE and RELEASE, I believe STABLE is a sort of POSTRELEASE, like the post-release update to NetBSD 5.1 that permitted access to Linux ext2fs partition that didn't work previously with NetBSD; inode was 256 bytes. I think FreeBSD 9-STABLE (RELENG_9) would be development work toward FreeBSD 9.1, after FreeBSD 9.0 is released, but stabler than current/head. I looked in /usr/src/sys/conf/newvars.sh and indeed found that I had 9.0-PRERELEASE rather than RC2. Tom