Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:09:06 -0500 From: Andy Firman <andy@firman.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup: upgrade to 5-current Message-ID: <20050224150906.GA7430@firman.us> In-Reply-To: <20050224141507.GA7322@firman.us> References: <1108841802.629.5.camel@thishost> <42199679.6040203@gto.net> <20050224141507.GA7322@firman.us>
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 09:15:08AM -0500, Andy Firman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 03:06:17AM -0500, Jeremy Faulkner wrote: > > Remington wrote: > > >I am attempting to upgrade from 5.3-RELEASE to 5.4-CURRENT. The line > > >*default release=cvs tag=. seems to work but newvers.sh claims it to be > > >6.0. What is the correct *default entry? > > > > > > > 5.x isn't current 6.0 is, and 5.4 doesn't exist. > > > > You want tag=RELENG_5 > > Correct. > > I did that last night and ended up with 5.4-prerelease or something > like that and had to start all over because I want 5.3-stable. > Just FYI for other beginners out there that want 5.3 stable only, > you need to use this from now on: > > tag=RELENG_5_3 I am WRONG and need to correct this. Erik Trulsson on the current list politely told me this: Yes, they changed the name displayed by system from 5.3-STABLE to 5.4-PRERELEASE to indicate that we are nearing the release of 5.4 After 5.4-RELEASE is out the name will change to 5.4-STABLE 5.3-STABLE and 5.4-PRELEASE mean essentially the same thing, namely the 5-STABLE branch from some point in time after 5.3 was released but before 5.4 was released. See also the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#RELEASE-CANDIDATE > If one wants 5.3-stable, they need to use this tag: > > tag=RELENG_5_3 No, that will get you 5.3-RELEASE + critical bugfixes (especially security fixes) which is not the same thing as 5.3-STABLE If you want to follow the 5-STABLE development branch (which for a period of time was named 5.3-STABLE) you want tag=RELENG_5
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