From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 07:29:54 2003 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 E20FA16A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:29:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from srvdmz3.oekb.co.at (mailrelay2.oekb.co.at [143.245.5.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A204D43F85 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:29:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Ewald.Jenisch@oekb.at) Received: from 143.245.2.191 by srvdmz3.oekb.co.at (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:29:49 +0100 Received: from athena.oekb.co.at ([143.245.83.20]) by MAIL01.oekb.co.at with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:29:48 +0100 Received: from athena.oekb.co.at (athena.oekb.co.at [127.0.0.1]) by athena.oekb.co.at (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hALFTmbT003710; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:29:48 +0100 Received: (from ej@localhost) by athena.oekb.co.at (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hALFTmIv003709; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:29:48 +0100 Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:29:48 +0100 From: a@jenisch.at To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20031121152948.GB2960@athena.oekb.co.at> References: <20031121112758.GA2960@athena.oekb.co.at> <20031121135155.GC81136@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031121135155.GC81136@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Nov 2003 15:29:48.0882 (UTC) FILETIME=[4CC61320:01C3B044] cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staying current with 4.9 - which supfile? 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: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:29:55 -0000 On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 01:51:55PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:27:58PM +0100, a@jenisch.at wrote: > > > In order to keep a 4.9 system current - do I need to use the > > "standard-supfile" or "stable-supfile" with cvsup? > > That depends on whether you want 4.9-STABLE (stable-supfile), which is > the latest incarnation of the 4-STABLE branch, or whether you want > 4.9-RELEASE-pX (standard-supfile) which is the 4.9-RELEASE system plus > security patches only. > ... > 4-STABLE receives new functionality, upgrades to software and so > forth. 4.9-RELEASE doesn't. Hi Matthew, Thanks much for the hints. After going through the explanations of the FreeBSD handbook ("difference between STABLE and CURRENT") one more time, re-reading your email there are some questions remaining - maybe you could comment on this just to make things clear: When I installed 4.9 from the CD (originally .iso pulled down from freebsd.org) this was 4.9-STABLE (i.e. 4.9-RELEASE as it was an official release)? When doing a CVS-upgrade on this installation with "stable-supfile" I get any "feature-enhancements"/program upgrades in the 4.9 line plus any bug fixes on 4.9? But how - if at all - does "CURRENT" come in? Or does "CURRENT" wrt my installed 4.9 only relate to 5.x? (Sorry if these questions sound dumb, but I didn't find any comprehensive explanation about the differences between stable/current/release/standard) Thanks much in advance for your help, -ewald