Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:15:42 -0800 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: jhampton@sscglobal.net, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9-RC #3 : Which release is this?? Message-ID: <200310291315.42233.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <4739.64.254.136.148.1067461629.squirrel@webmail.sscglobal.net> References: <4739.64.254.136.148.1067461629.squirrel@webmail.sscglobal.net>
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On Wednesday 29 October 2003 01:07 pm, jhampton@sscglobal.net wrote: > I recently update my box via cvs stable-supfile. Now when I do a > uname -a I get "FreeBSD 4.9-RC #3". Shouldnt I see something like > 4.9-STABLE ? What does RC mean? By the way this is for a prodution > machine so stability is a factor. Thanks This is "Release Candidate Number Three". It's basically a beta that they think is a candidate for release. 4.9-RELEASE was formally released today, so it looks like you jumped the gun slightly. David
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