Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:10:19 +0100 From: taxman <taxman@acd.net> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVSUP of 4.7 only? Message-ID: <200302211910.19923.taxman@acd.net> In-Reply-To: <200302210617.00018.kstewart@owt.com> References: <200302211408.h1LE8NDO000416@himinbjorg.ttsg.com> <200302210617.00018.kstewart@owt.com>
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On Friday 21 February 2003 03:16 pm, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Friday 21 February 2003 06:08 am, Tuc wrote: > > Hi, > > =09I have : > > *default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_4 > > > > =09in my stable-supfile, and on one machine all of a sudden on the la= st > > update I have : > > > > FreeBSD vjofn.ttsg.com 4.8-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-PRERELEASE #1: Thu > > Feb 20 13:5 2:11 EST 2003 =20 > > root@vjofn.ttsg.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VJOFN i386 > > > > =09Heres my problem. I've been CVSUPing machines with RELENG_4, is > > there a way I can continue only with the 4.7 tree? I tried : > > > > *default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_4_7 That is correct to continue with the 4.7 release branch. See below > > =09and it looked like it was re-checking out everything. > That is what it was doing. You were checking out 4.7-release plus=20 > security fixes.=20 correct. Tuc, you were in essence reverting to 4.7 release plus the secu= rity=20 fixes, which is behind in the development tree from 4-stable (4.x) which = is=20 rapidly approaching 4.8-release. > > Does that mean > > it was getting 4.7 as it was first released, No, it is the release branch. It is possible to get it as it was first=20 released with a different tag, but why would you unless one of the securi= ty=20 fixes broke something for you? >> and when I did > > "RELENG_4" it was 4.X as current as it was?=20 yes > > Is there another tag for > > "4.7 most current"? >There is no more 4.7 most current.=20 Kent, that is not correct. That is what the release branch *is*. 4.7 re= lease=20 plus security fixes. and the tag for it is as above. see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html >You could set the=20 > date on your cvsup but there won't be any more changes to 4.7-stable.=20 There is no such thing as 4.7-stable > It doesn't exist in the current tree. In a while, RELENG_4 will be=20 > 4.8-release and then 4.8-stable. That's a way of thinking of it, but a confusing one, and not the one used= by=20 the project. The stable tree only has a major number like 4-stable or=20 eventually 5-stable. The releases are static points along the moving sta= ble=20 development track like this --\------------\----------------\--------->4.x stable \ \ \ \-4.6Rel \-4.7Rel \-4.8Rel (soon) =09=09=09 \ =09=09=09 \-4.7Rel-p1 =09=09=09 \ =09=09=09=09\-4.7Rel-p2 etc 4-stable is called 4-stable throughout the process of branching off relea= ses,=20 to avoid confusion. (which changing the name of 4-stable after every rele= ase=20 could cause.) It's just the way it's done. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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