Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 13:59:23 -0600 From: "Jim McAtee" <jmcatee@mediaodyssey.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using CVSup Message-ID: <020a01c23fdf$419a8de0$272fa8ce@jim> References: <019d01c23fd7$2d44d740$272fa8ce@jim> <01c101c23fd8$78b4b5f0$272fa8ce@jim> <U9Hxc8BKYBV9Ew1l@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
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Thanks, Kevin. I'm beginning to understand a little better. Of the cvsup
tags that appear at this URL, what's the difference between those at the top
of the page and those below? For example, the difference between RELENG_4_6
AND RELENG_4_6_1_RELEASE?
What would be the way of saying "lastest RELEASE", or is it more advisable
to know exactly which one you want and explicitly specify it in the supfile?
-----------------------------
RELENG_4
The line of development for FreeBSD-4.X, also known as FreeBSD-STABLE.
RELENG_4_6
The release branch for FreeBSD-4.6, used only for security advisories
and other seriously critical fixes.
...
Other revision tags that are available include:
RELENG_4_6_1_RELEASE
FreeBSD 4.6.1
...
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Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Golding" <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
To: "Jim McAtee" <jmcatee@mediaodyssey.com>
Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: Using CVSup
> Someone, quite probably Jim McAtee, once wrote:
> >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?
>
> It kind of depends on what you're doing with the machine and how
> confident you feel, along with a whole host of other factors.
>
> If you've never rebuilt your system before then a release is probably a
> better place to start as it's been through more testing. Then if your
> needs suit start tracking -stable, subscribe to the list and make sure
> most people can compile and install a system and then try yourself. 98%
> of the time it will be just like a release upgrade, but they make less
> promises with -stable.
>
> Btw, I tend to have separate supfiles for my ports and src. Basically I
> just do it because I'm far more likely to want to update my ports than I
> am the rest of my machine and I always like to make sure that the
> contents of /usr/src are basically the same as what I have installed.
> It makes patches easier in certain cases and such.
>
> Kevin
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