Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:34:41 -0000 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alin-Adrian Anton <aanton@reversedhell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update confusion 4.8-STABLE to STABLE = 4.9-PRERELEASE !? Message-ID: <20031002103425.GC17569@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3F7BEFF0.70809@reversedhell.net> References: <3F7BEFF0.70809@reversedhell.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:29:20PM +0300, Alin-Adrian Anton wrote: > Hey guys, > > Look what happened to me. I had a nice (cute) 4.8-STABLE. From time to > time, I update it via cvsup. Ports to CURRENT, system sources to STABLE. > Last time I updated from cvsup2.freebsd.org (I tried another one closer > too, same result), and hah , after a buildworld, i had a brand new > 4.9-PRERELEASE installed. This question gets asked several times for each release cycle - the short answer is that you are confused about the FreeBSD branch structure. I recommend you consult the archives and the FreeBSD handbook for extensive discussion. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/e/8xWry0BWjoQKURAjitAJwKqbPtnlbInk/aAHgxfS9mQQC3zgCg5w8+ Ju+/QT9evD/dMgkurhPnsf0= =oEm+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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