From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 11 09:27:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF8F16A4CE for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:27:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from orchid.homeunix.org (avp253.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.27.49.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A518443D48 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:27:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org) Received: from [192.168.1.66] (blackacidevil.orchid.homeunix.org [192.168.1.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by orchid.homeunix.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8B9QXpf069290 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:26:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org) Message-ID: <4142C4C8.9090906@orchid.homeunix.org> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:26:32 +0200 From: Karol Kwiatkowski User-Agent: serves its master well X-Accept-Language: pl, en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Josh Hansen References: <5c389d3b04091020077fdc6fb0@mail.gmail.com> <41428E16.9090904@josh.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <41428E16.9090904@josh.aros.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.75.1, clamav-milter version 0.75c on orchid.homeunix.org X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: rob gabaree Subject: Re: how to tell source code versions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:27:15 -0000 On 2004-09-11 07:33, Josh Hansen wrote: > rob gabaree wrote: > > >>hi guys: >> >>im pretty new and just recompiled my kernel with cvsup (using src-all) >>and uname -a prints: >> >>FreeBSD xxx 4.10-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p2 #1: Fri Sep 10 >>18:01:49 EST 2004 root@xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/XCAGE2 i386 >> >>i used the RELENG_4_10 tag to do this, but im wondering if someone >>could tell me where to go to find out the latest source code, ex the >>above was -RELEASE-p2.. is p2 the latest? where can i find the latest >>info so i know i ahve the most up to date one? >> >>thanks >> >> > > It's all about the tags. RELENG_4_10 will give you FreeBSD > 4.10-RELEASE, the -p2 means there have been 2 patches for it since it > was released and you have them. Tthe RELEASE branch only gets bugfixes > and security updates. If you want, say, 4.10-STABLE, which will > eventually become 4.11, use the tag RELENG_4. There is a section on > these tags in the FreeBSD Handbook that fully explains them. > > -Josh If I understand Rob correctly all he needs is /usr/src/UPDATING file (after updating the source tree). here's mine on *FreeBSD 5*: # head -30 /usr/src/UPDATING Updating Information for FreeBSD 5.2.1 users [...snip...] The security advisories related to various patches contain information on how to build/install a minimal set of binaries and start/stop a minimal number of processes, if possible, for that patch. For those updates that don't have an advisory, or to be safe, you can do a full build and install as described in the COMMON ITEMS section. 20040630: p9 FreeBSD-SA-04.13.linux Correct an input validation error in the linux binary compatibility code. 20040526: p8 FreeBSD-SA-04:11.msync --END-- cheers, Karol -- Karol Kwiatkowski