From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 29 13:17:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B55D716A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:17:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.acuson.com (ac17860.acuson.com [157.226.71.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C9D43FB1 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:17:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DavidJohnson@Siemens.com) Received: from mvaexch02 ([157.226.230.209]:2778 helo=mvaexch02.acuson.com) by zeus.acuson.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AExgr-0001wn-3c; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:17:17 -0800 Received: by mvaexch02.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:13:24 -0800 Received: from dhcp-46-145.acuson.com ([157.226.46.145]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id VDNM7JWN; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:12:29 -0800 From: Johnson David To: jhampton@sscglobal.net, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Organization: Siemens Medical Systems Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:15:42 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <4739.64.254.136.148.1067461629.squirrel@webmail.sscglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <4739.64.254.136.148.1067461629.squirrel@webmail.sscglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310291315.42233.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1AExgr-0001wn-3c*KV5UKRXVjX.* Subject: Re: 4.9-RC #3 : Which release is this?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:17:25 -0000 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