Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:10:48 -0600 From: "Jim McAtee" <jmcatee@mediaodyssey.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using CVSup Message-ID: <01c101c23fd8$78b4b5f0$272fa8ce@jim> References: <019d01c23fd7$2d44d740$272fa8ce@jim>
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Shoot, I just noticed this at the URL I gave below: ----------------- RELENG_4 The line of development for FreeBSD-4.X, also known as FreeBSD-STABLE. ----------------- So, is -STABLE considered the "latest, safest, bug-fixed" version, or is RELEASE a safer bet? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McAtee" <jmcatee@mediaodyssey.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:01 PM Subject: Using CVSup > I'm attempting to learn how to use CVSup to update my system, including > source and ports. When I installed BSD on the test system I'm playing with, > I installed no source and no ports at the time. > > Here's my supfile: > > *default host=cvsup8.freebsd.org > *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs > *default deltee use-rel-suffix > *default tag=RELEN_4_6_1_RELEASE > src-all > *default tag=. > ports-all > doc-all > > First question I have (DUMB question): What version do I want to download? > I think I understand the difference between STABLE and CURRENT, but I'm > unsure of their relationship to RELEASE version tags. If the following tags > are the only ones available: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html > > then how would you update to the latest STABLE? Or would I want to? > > Second, is there a simple means of constructing a refuse file which will not > download non-English versions of anything? > > Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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