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Date:      Thu, 04 Oct 2001 18:44:47 -0700
From:      Fred Condo <fred@condo.chico.ca.us>
To:        Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: just checking
Message-ID:  <1992106.1002221086@[192.168.1.10]>
In-Reply-To: <20011004204121.6a125fce.nmace85@yahoo.com>
References:  <20011004185309.4be0c7d0.nmace85@yahoo.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110041843150.15842-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> <20011004204121.6a125fce.nmace85@yahoo.com>

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--On Thursday 4 October 2001 20:41 -0400 Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com> 
wrote:

> so all i have to do to track STABLE is cvsup RELENG_4.?? even when 4.5
> comes out stable will still be RELENG_4.??

Yes, although it's RELENG_4 without a dot at the end.

>
> nathan
>> On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Nathan Mace wrote:
>>
>> > ok, i'm just making sure i've got this right
>> >
>> > the following line gets me 4.4 release code right?
>> > *default release=cvs tar=RELENG_4_4
>>
>> No, this gets you the security-fix version of 4.4-RELEASE. Using
>> RELENG_4_4_0_RELEASE gets you 4.4-RELEASE.
>>
>> > so how do i get 4.4-STABLE? what do i need to change?
>>
>> Use RELENG_4.
>>
>> > also....how many versions stay 'up-to-date' at once?  since there is
>> > version 4.4 is 4.3 & 4.2 still patched against bugs?
>>
>> New features are only available in the latest -STABLE.  However,
>> critical
>> security bugs (such as the telnetd root exploit) will be fixed in the
>> security releases (RELENG_4_4 and RELENG_4_3.)
>>
>> > there is only one STABLE at any givin time right?  currently it is
>> > 4.4-STABLE....right?
>>
>> Yes.  STABLE is the "stable" development track, and eventually becomes
>> the
>> next -RELEASE.
>
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