Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:48:45 -0800 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking Security in Ports and Base System Message-ID: <4407764D.90309@chrismaness.com> In-Reply-To: <200603021443.00951.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> References: <43EA9782.7060708@chrismaness.com> <50124.67.126.165.122.1141236591.squirrel@squirrel.kq6up.org> <20060302145304.O49063@tripel.monochrome.org> <200603021443.00951.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>
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Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > On Thursday 02 March 2006 13:59, Chris Hill wrote: > >> On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, chris@chrismaness.com wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> >>> Is my supfile correct to track security for freebsd-6.0? >>> >> [snip] >> >> >>> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 >>> >> [snip] >> >> As I understand it, that tag will get you the latest released version >> of 6.x. So today it would apply security and bugfix updates for 6.0, >> but after 6.1 comes out you would get 6.1, and so on. If you want to >> track 6.0 specifically, use RELENG_6_0. Right now there is no >> difference between RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_0, but later there will be. >> >> > > > > >> As everyone else has said, see the Handbook for definitive answers. >> >> HTH. >> >> -- >> Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org >> ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] >> _______________________________________________ >> > > This is not quite correct. "tag=RELENG_6" will give you the src for > 6-STABLE, which is to say "FreeBSD 6.1 PRELEASE", or maybe its > RELEASECANDIDATE now. tag=RELENG_6_0 will get you the sources for the > 6.0 release branch, used only for security and other critical fixes. So > yes, there is a difference between the two tags. > > Don > Yep, that's what I figured out by trial and error (sometimes the best way to learn).
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