Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:10:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Gabe <nrml@att.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nightrecon@verizon.net Subject: Re: 7.2-PRERELEASE using RELENG_7? Message-ID: <46698.124.qm@web83811.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <gum7sm$ao9$1@ger.gmane.org>
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> From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: 7.2-PRERELEASE using RELENG_7? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 4:27 AM > Gabe wrote: > > > > > > > I'm a bit confused as to why I have 7.2-PRERELEASE > FreeBSD 7.2-PRERELEASE > > #0: Fri Mar 20 02:16:04 PDT 2009 but yet my cvsup > config was asking for > > RELENG_7. Isn't the PRERELEASE tag supposed to be > RELENG_7_2? > > > > Now that 7.2 has actually been released the RELENG_7_2 tag > will become > the security branch. Prior to the official release RELENG_7 > would have > got you 7.2-PRERELEASE. After the release RELENG_7 becomes > 7.2-STABLE. > > >From the date above it appears you used the RELENG_7 > prior to the release, > so the PRERELEASE is correct. If you want to upgrade to > RELEASE change > your tag to RELENG_7_2, cvsup, and do the make world/kernel > dance. > > Essentially you got PRERELEASE because you used RELENG_7 > before 7.2 > officially became 7.2-Release. There is a sliding window as > a release > is being finalized during which time the cvs tags get > changed. > > I'm basing this upon the date above. Another, more > remote, thing to check > is whether the mirror you use has all the fresh bits and is > not otherwise > up to date. This doesn't happen often, but a mirror > here or there out on > the fringe can occasionally not get updated the way > it's supposed to. > Doesn't happen often though, but if you should confirm > that it has > actually occurred to your mirror I'm sure the sysop > would like to know. > > -Mike > > Thanks for the explanation. At this point I'd much rather go up to -STABLE, so using RELENG_7 should do it? Thanks, -gabe
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