From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 16 12:10:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2B18106566C for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 12:10:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nrml@att.net) Received: from web83811.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (web83811.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.85.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD5458FC1E for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 12:10:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nrml@att.net) Received: (qmail 25078 invoked by uid 60001); 16 May 2009 12:10:06 -0000 Message-ID: <46698.124.qm@web83811.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 3bS0x_cVM1k6vWPWP6IkgKASGhYWZq7iSaG.RWC3KJa7Q6hcXqXCj9MfKVVlJQltFBatmiCp7snLVqupt8kj5mhsv38nzfPZZ7aeH94E6BYvSj_g15nd1hMyY9G1BGT1llrZDycmYBDJpT.iudiRefmheZlljXFTjnO2Z63hDVOovDZYqkz2gOUySVxjHL4M3_ExNJkhlH_VMoUc.WMMRbK4oP3ovu3g4CUkZGLiZQJZaNGwqf7ogwDZ6MHFOoYQ28QHyncyphnTApQf08X57Myr1ICTJNemsFofJrKpWxVWe1F1fw-- Received: from [69.43.143.59] by web83811.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 16 May 2009 05:10:05 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.10 Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:10:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Gabe To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, nightrecon@verizon.net In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Subject: Re: 7.2-PRERELEASE using RELENG_7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nrml@att.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:10:08 -0000 > From: Michael Powell > 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