Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:03:27 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1016481808.5550c3@mired.org> To: melly@desaive.de Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup tags Message-ID: <15503.45199.899221.220487@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3C8FA030.DD852DFD@gmx.de> References: <3C8FA030.DD852DFD@gmx.de>
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Melanie Desaive <520088040590-0001@t-online.de> types: > What is the difference between the cvsup tag RELENG_4 and RELENG_4_5? RELENG_4 is the -stable system, and include all fixes that apply to -stable at some point or another. RELENG_4.5 is Release 4.5 plus fixes approved by the release engineer. > But I tried it out: First I put the RELENG_4_5 tag in my cvsupfile, > started an update. And started it once again. At the second run it > finished without changing anything. (fine) That got you release 4.5 + a small set of fixes. > Then I put RELENG_4 into my cvsupfile and started once more. It ran as > long as at my first try, changing a lot of files (not as I expected) > After the last update I build my system, for me it seemed to work fine. > dmesg sayed afterwards, that I run a new (yesterday night) build 4.5 > Kernel. That got you all the changes that have gone into -stable since Release 4.5, and will be part of Release 4.6. Many of them are *not* part of RELENG_4_5, and never will be. > What I want to use is the tag for the newest stable system. Depends on how you define "stable". I have one production system that tracks RELENG_4, after it's been tested on machines that are *not* production. I have one machine that's still tracking RELENG_4_4, is only updated when a security hole that I'm vulnerable to is fixed, and won't be move off of 4.4 until either 1) the hardware is replaced or 2) Support for RELENG_4_4 stops. At which point it will go to the latest version release, and start tracking that. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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