Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 16:00:53 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: Jim McAtee <jmcatee@mediaodyssey.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using CVSup Message-ID: <3D559B25.B1FB333F@pantherdragon.org> References: <019d01c23fd7$2d44d740$272fa8ce@jim> <01c101c23fd8$78b4b5f0$272fa8ce@jim> <3D54162F.1000502@xmission.com> <3D541E31.C8A0EB52@pantherdragon.org> <023101c23fe2$22b10320$272fa8ce@jim>
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Jim McAtee wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@pantherdragon.org> > To: "Jason Porter" <leporter@xmission.com> > Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:55 PM > Subject: Re: Using CVSup > > > Jason Porter wrote: > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Stable has more fixes in it than Release. Release means that it's > > > release quality. They can safely box it and ship it out. Stable has > > > the same base as the Release version but contains fixes and is okay to > > > use on a production server (in theory). > > > > Not true. If you read the Handbook section on -stable, it says in > > implied huge, red, flashing letters that there is absolutely no > > guarantee that stable will even compile. > > > > Yes, a lot of people use -stable on production servers. I'm one of > > them. But the tricks to do this safely, the list of gotchas, and the > > constant list monitoring needed to no screw the machine up is not > > something I would consider a habit a beginner should be getting into > > just yet. > > > > A happy medium between the RELEASE tags and -STABLE are the RELENG_4_x > > tags. It's the release (RELENG_4_6 == 4.6) source with all the > > relevant patches from the SA's applied. I would consider this a safe > > way to get your feet wet with cvsup and the make world process, as > > there's very little to trip over with the mergemaster process (perhaps > > the most dangerous part of the whole deal). > > Thanks. I think this may answer my other question regarding the difference > between the tags. So, would the tag RELENG_4_6 actually pull the source for > 4.6.1 (plus patches) if the latest RLEASE is RELENG_4_6_1_RELEASE? RELENG_4_6 would pull down the 4.6-R sources plus all the security patches that apply to it. Currently, the OS version on RELENG_4_6 is 4.6.1-RELEASE-p10. 4.6 and 4.6.1 are the same primary release of 4.6. 4.6.1 is what's called an interim release. They're made when there's something majorly broken, or a nasty bug or vulnerability is found well before the next release is due out. The main benefit of doing this is the release engineer(s) can then create a RELEASE ISO that contains the security branch updates for the primary release. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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